It took me into another world, one I am very familiar with. Vikram Seth writes as if he is a musician. He writes as if he plays the violin. In reality, he is not a musician, but has done his research well. London, Vienna, and Venice.
Music is both romantic and personal.
What I enjoyed particularly about the book was the conversation about music. Each piece of music has a life of its own, just as each instrument has a soul. It touches that part of us which we don't usually expose in public or in the first encounter.