Review: Came away unsatisfied
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 18, 2011
While reading "Devil's Sonata" I was very grateful for Wikipedia. Living in the US all of my life, references to sixth-form students are Greek to me. I found that in a few other instances of slang, some of which the dictionary in my Kindle did help with. This was the only thing that gave me any difficulty with the book. Otherwise, I did enjoy"Devil's Sonata".At times I forgot the fact the Zuleika Rathbone was the main character. There are so many interesting characters that none really receives enough focus and development. I didn't find anyone that I was really rooting for and no one that I picked out as my "bad guy".  The one character that should have been both a victim and an antagonist is kept on the edge of the story. I can't really remember any first person interaction with Arabella, just what is reported in the third person by another character. Arabella gets one paragraph in first person on the last page. It almost seemed like there was to be a great revealing of secrets and coincidences, but it just never came to fruition. I don't think I would recommend this book to a friend unless they wanted to know more about education in the UK and how to direct a production of a "Midsummer's Night Dream".I received a complementary copy of the book for review.