Blood Harmonies

On never being more than 6′ from a Nina Simone album…

★★★★


To me, this book completely captures that feeling of the world being your oyster in the late 80s, and the highs and lows of the way the 90s panned out. Not sure if it because I was in Edinburgh at roughly the same time/age as the characters, but the whole time I turning pages, I had the uncanny feeling I was following the ups and downs of long-lost friends. In many ways, it reminded me of the weird thing that happens when voices from the past get in touch on Twitter, and you've suddenly got glimpses into roads untraveled.

SPOILER

The beautifully rendered early experiences of Em and Dex, Dex and Em, left me unprepared when the ground was pulled out from under them each in turn, but then that's life. If I had realised up front how harrowed and bereft I would end up feeling in places, I don't think I would have chosen to read this at the moment, which would have been a shame.

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