The Song Is You

And there I was, minding my own business on a Sunday afternoon, when suddenly I could not put down "The Song Is You" by Arthur Phillips. It was like I got hit over the head with a love mallet. It had to be, because for the first third of the book I was trudging through Phillips' metaphor mud, wonder......more

phillips has a knack for looking deeply into his characters and extracting something that his readers can understand and empathize with. on the surface, this seems like a love story. it is, in fact, a love story. its also a lust story, a sad story, and an unrequited love story. i'm providing this re......more

I wanted to like this book more than I did. I tried. When I found out it was a love story that included music and I-pod addiction - it grabbed my interest. I wanted to get into the love story and feel what the characters did, but I couldn't. I did connect with them through their music addiction, but......more

And I can't get it out of my head... This book is a ballad, a haunting ballad that continues to play its plaintive notes in my head, like a refrain. Don't be fooled by the product description (of a man in love with his ipod). This is not a jaunty, trendy escape tale. This is for serious readers who l......more

I really wanted to like this book. There was so much potential. I absolutely loved the beginning ("Julian Donahue's generation were the pioneers of portable headphone music, and he began carrying with him everywhere the soundtrack to his days when he was fifteen."). Even though I am just beyond the......more