Title: This Song Will Save Your Life
Published: September 17, 2013
My Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Synopsis
Making friends has never been Elise Dembowski’s strong suit.
All throughout her life, she’s been the butt of every joke and the outsider in
every conversation. When a final attempt at popularity fails, Elise nearly
gives up. Then she stumbles upon a warehouse party where she meets Vicky, a
girl in a band who accepts her; Char, a cute, yet mysterious disc jockey;
Pippa, a carefree spirit from England; and most importantly, a love for DJing.
Told in a refreshingly genuine and laugh-out-loud funny
voice, THIS SONG WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE is an exuberant novel about identity,
friendship, and the power of music to bring people together
Review
“That’s the problem with life. You never get enough time to stare at
your ceiling and try to figure out what's going on.”― Leila Sales
I can’t believe I’ve just read a
book like this, I never thought a book like this exist (Good thing it does). I’m
still in awe after finishing this book, yeah I know… I always say that. But really,
this book is exceptional; I am book-struck with it, this is one of those books
where it leaves you a big question to wonder about.
I just want to say thank you for
my bro who posted his insight about this book on his timeline, if he hadn’t posted
that insight maybe I will never know the existence of this book, thank you very
much. He even quoted a line from a book that
sparked my interest in the book. And the fact that this book contains a lot of
songs, I think this book will be my best friend for a while.
This book follows the story of
Elise Dembowski’s as she staggers with her high school life alone. She’s the
loser in the school and always been a joke to everyone else, well except to her
parents. And when the first day of her sophomore year came, she decided to change
herself, she tried things to be cool, blended with the popular ones,
befriending to someone. But it didn’t turn out well, then that leads her to one
scenario: She commits suicide.
This is the second book I’ve read
in summer that has a character with strong voice, I can connect with Elise’s
story easily, maybe because we have few common things that we share; her love
in music and her view in other people. Her words always get me all the time;
they are profound.
Since I really love this book, I
want to keep my review short because I want you (the one who is reading my
review) to get a copy of this book and read it right now. I highly recommend it!
Especially when you’re facing a hard time in life, I want you to read this,
cherish every word of it and enjoy it. Miss Leila has written this book radiantly,
I want to hug her right now.
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