So far I find the Soloist to be one of the best books we've read this year. I find this book to be real page turner and an easy read. I find it nice to just read a book to uncover a story and this being an non-fictional novel helps. I am very fascinating with this story mainly for the reason that it is a true story and I want to see how Nathaniel Ayers ends up.
This story begins with Steve Lopez walking in downtown LA. He hears music which turns his attention to Nathaniel Ayers who is playing rather nicely on a two-stringed violin. The interaction between the two of them start because Lopez thinks he will make a great story for his column, but it soon becomes more than that. When Lopez learns that Nathaniel attended Julliard he begins to look more into it. That when he begins to talk to different people who were intertwined in Nathanial's life including his beloved sister. It is around now Lopez learns of Nathanial's crash in Julliard because he suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. The new emotions and feelings Lopez begins to have for Nathanial prove that this is now more than just writing a good column but that he is truly trying to help him out of love. The bond that the two of them begins to show and I truly admire it.
I also enjoy the relationship between Nathanial and music. The kind of passion that is shown throughout the first 6 chapters is astounding. Nathanial went through so much but his love for music carried him through it all. This is the type of passion that you don't see much often so for this to be a true story it is defiantly breath taking.
Points To Focus On
- Grammar
- Focus Point
- Sentence Structure
- Content and Ideas
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Asiana, you fall back on pot summary quite a bit here. Also, like I stated in your post for Chapters 7-12, get out of the habit of telling your audience in a very simplistic way how much you enjoyed the book. Instead, show them why you enjoyed the book. Discuss what was captivating about it with detail and support your arguments with specific reference to the text itself.
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