So turns out this book marched right into my patch of the musical woods and kicked me in the shins, and now I have THOUGHTS.

What do you mean, the BIGGEST POPSTAR's voice sounds like Björk, with music that sounds like Sigur Rós?!! Are you kidding me? Now, I like Björk. Have been listening to her music since I was a kid. I wouldn't mind more people that sound like Björk. But despite having been into music for years and years, I NEVER found another singer that sounded anywhere close to Björk. A guy that isn't a foreign speaker to English isn't going to sound like Björk, and if he did, he would not be the biggest popstar. As for Sigur Rós - 1. their style of music would not mesh well with a Björk-esque voice. Sorry, but Jónsi's voice is such an integral part of the Sigur Rós sound, if you take that out, you don't end up with 'sounds like Sigur Rós', but 'sounds like ethereal post-rock with the lables filed off'. And 2. ... I love Sigur Rós, they are one of my favourite bands, titans of the post rock genre... they are not 'the biggest popstar' either. Taylor Swift material, those Islandic nerds are not.

It's also weird to me that the author picked two Islandic bands as reference... How about ref'ing Kate Bush instead? She seems to have exactly the energy the author is going for. Very attention grabbing voice, interesting visuals, (occasionally) ethereal music, it's all there. She's also not 'The Biggest Popstar', but I guess we're not aiming for realism here.

I guess the author was going for references contemporary to the fictional Zach Crystal's music, which limits the range of artist he can reference. But just for the record, I'd think good modern acts to ref would be Florence and the Machine and Hozier, and in fact, I imagine Zach Crystal's music sounding like Hozier (who's music I don't particularly enjoy, lol).

I am very very very curious. If you could only read one book until the end of your life - what would it be an why?

For me it would be The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue from V.E. Schwab. I just love the lyrical writing, the emotions and warmth behind it.

What would it be for you? (I will probably be adding a lot of book to my TBR 😂🩵)