All Our Pretty Songs
Sarah McCarry
- Reading
- Try reading the opening together, then check in when the supernatural stakes emerge. This can help you gauge the book’s tone before deciding whether to continue together or independently.
- Themes
- Friendship, loyalty and love: Two friends raised like sisters face strain when a musician comes between them and each must consider what matters most. The relationship dilemma is clear, but the overview does not show whether either choice is praised, criticised or resolved.
- Music and supernatural danger: A gifted musician’s music is linked to an ancient evil and a world that may be more than mythical; the narrator tries to protect those she loves. The supernatural threat provides suspense, but its nature and the book’s treatment of it are not established.
- Worth knowing
- The overview signals romantic tension, jealousy-related subject tagging, and an ancient evil connected with music. How frightening or intense these elements become is not clear.