Comments on: The Ensemble by Aja Gabel | Review https://novelvisits.com/the-ensemble-by-aja-gabel-review/ Sat, 23 Jun 2018 00:25:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: Madeline https://novelvisits.com/the-ensemble-by-aja-gabel-review/#comment-12460 Sat, 23 Jun 2018 00:25:04 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=5424#comment-12460 In reply to Susie.

Unfortunately this was waaayyyy too slow for me. I hate to say boring, but I think I must. Plus the author made a few gaffs in describing San Francisco which is intolerable (cable cars are NOT trams and Herbst Theater is not called the War Memorial Theater)! Well, she lives in LA, I suppose that says it all 🙂

I thought about bailing about half way through but kept plodding on. I didn’t feel that the characters matured at all. Some of them had kids but they way they approached the group didn’t seem to change or mature.

]]> By: Lindsey https://novelvisits.com/the-ensemble-by-aja-gabel-review/#comment-12364 Fri, 15 Jun 2018 19:49:56 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=5424#comment-12364 I’m excited to read this. I think there are only a few instances where people’s personal and professional lives are intertwined like this and it makes for such interesting stories!

]]> By: Susie https://novelvisits.com/the-ensemble-by-aja-gabel-review/#comment-12352 Fri, 15 Jun 2018 04:45:16 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=5424#comment-12352 In reply to Madeline.

I’d say it’s closer to The Gunners than The Animators, so fingers crossed!

]]> By: Susie https://novelvisits.com/the-ensemble-by-aja-gabel-review/#comment-12351 Fri, 15 Jun 2018 04:44:20 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=5424#comment-12351 In reply to RK.

I just breezed over the more technical aspects and i don’t really think anything was lost because of doing so.

]]> By: RK https://novelvisits.com/the-ensemble-by-aja-gabel-review/#comment-12332 Wed, 13 Jun 2018 14:47:37 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=5424#comment-12332 Great review. This is on my TBR. I’m a little wary of all the technical music details but I do love a good character-driven novel done well.

]]> By: Madeline https://novelvisits.com/the-ensemble-by-aja-gabel-review/#comment-12330 Wed, 13 Jun 2018 13:57:02 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=5424#comment-12330 My hold came in; this is waiting for me at the library. But I’m a little wary now. Character driven books require emotional investment, so you have to at least like the characters a little. Based on your “If You Like This” I’ve got a 50-50 chance on The Ensemble. I quite liked the Gunner’s but DNF’d The Animators.

]]> By: Sarah's Book Shelves https://novelvisits.com/the-ensemble-by-aja-gabel-review/#comment-12325 Wed, 13 Jun 2018 11:04:40 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=5424#comment-12325 I still haven’t gotten around to this one! I’ve been having good luck with character-driven novels this year, though, so am planning to try it. Just have to find the time now….maybe August since that’s a light ARC month for me.

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