Review of Band in the Wind

[Lennon G]

[i][Following is a volunteer review of "Band in the Wind" by William John Rostron.][/i]

[rwc=id374463-125]2 out of 4 stars.[/rwc]I have always been fascinated by music and bands that performed during the '50s and '60s. When the opportunity to read [I]Band In The Wind.[/i] came along, I could not pass it bye. William Rostron has a way of making the reader feel apart of this book, but keeping him/her distant enough to question the motives and intentions of the characters.



This book begins when Johnny Chip's journal is found washed up on a beach water-soaked. The game is afoot when Chip says, "They are all dead . . . and I have never before told our story." It is interesting to get this point of view so quickly in the reading process. The reader's perspective of what this story could be is skewed to what the narrator believes to be true. This makes the reader unsure if he/she can trust what the narrator is saying. The question is if this journal is being quoted directly from the journal, or if the narrator is reading and assessing the text himself.



Chip is a young man who is determined to make it big with his music. Throughout this story, we see that what the narrator thought to be true at the beginning was simply happenstance. Yes, Chip was the reason the band had some downfalls, but because of his drive, he is also the reason for some of their greatest achievements.



An interesting point of this book was that the band finally has a breakthrough and was able to hit it big time, once a manager noticed the band at a night club. The talent scout, I am not sure if it is explicitly known when they sign with him, is a mafia leader and he begins to sign the band to play at night clubs that were mob affiliated.



I gave this book 2 out of 4 stars. I enjoyed this book, but it was not my favorite. I think that this book was a little to slowly paced for my liking. I normally like a book to grasp me in the beginning, or at least to be a bit more fast-paced to keep me from being able to put the book away. I think if you enjoy books about music, a different lifestyle, and brothership, then this book could definitely be a book that you should be reading! The major thing that I did not love is the pacing of this text was not engrossing in my opinion.

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