Review: An insightful story woven masterfully with threads of wit and delight
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 28, 2013
Jenny Worstall chose such an enticing choral piece, "Belshazzar's Feast," to serve as the backdrop for this marvelous tale. MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE certainly does offer so many zesty tidbits for her readers to feast upon! The human foibles of her characters' touched me deeply; I commiserated with them as each coped with hopeless yearnings, romantic misunderstandings, or older age issues and the consequences that ultimately ensued from their own misguided actions.Ms. Worstall was remarkable in the way that she scripted this insightful, witty story. Just as choir members who sing alto and bass provide the underlying quality that carries a choral performance forward, so, too, does the author's array of secondary characters add to the tale a rich flow that offers balance and harmony.  Her characters are well-developed, tending to be captivating and quirky yet, at the same time, earnest and intricate in personality.Throughout my read of MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE, I found myself gaining in admiration of Ms. Worstall. As a musician, teacher and former member of the BBC Symphony Chorus, she must have used the wisdom gained from her own experiences in order to so masterfully weave for us such a fascinating and delightful story.