The luthier's apprentice
Mayra Calvani
- Reading
- If suspense is a concern, read together and pause at the disappearances or references to fatal danger; check how your reader is finding the tension.
- Themes
- Taking charge: Emma takes charge after her violin teacher disappears and investigates with Corey. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Gender and the disappearances: The story asks why only men violinists are captured and not women. The gender pattern is presented as a mystery to solve; its explanation and the story's wider treatment of it are unknown.
- Worth knowing
- Disappearances, a threatened fatal destiny and an evil sorceress create peril and suspense. The extent or detail of any harm is not established.