Meh. I had a lot of hope for this book. I mean, a historical fiction about someone that most people apparently didn't even know existed (I did, but reading other reviews, I guess that's not common knowledge. My bad.)... there's just so much promise there! The writing was pretty good overall, but felt much too modern. Much of the narrative played out as if it was a TV movie (the author does write TV scripts, so maybe that's where her strengths are). I don't know how accurate much of this is, but there was not one likeable character in the story. Our main character, Nannerl, is whiney, contemptuous, mean, depressed... I actually had a hard time finishing the story because I was so tired of her bad attitude.

An interesting cast of historical characters. I really enjoyed it...a lovely summer read.

I enjoyed this book as well. I wonder how much was factual and how much was fiction

Not as good as I thought it might be ... but still a good tale.

The plot was fairly interesting (though I'm biased because I've always been intrigued by the Mozarts), but I believe some of the beauty of the writing may have been lost in translation (translated from Italian). The result was rather lack-luster & stilted dialogue.

I really bought this plot, until the main character started to drift away from reality. At that point, it felt a little silly and I had a hard time making myself actually finish the book. However, after a brief spat of insanity, our character comes back to herself and the book becomes much better as it finishes.

As a child prodigy, Mozart often performed duets with his sister. What happened to her? Charbonnier offers a fictionalized life of Nannerl Mozart, based on the bare-bones facts of Nannerl's upbringing, loves, and marriage and seasoned with a colorful view of what it meant to be a woman in 18th-century Europe. As a character, she may not always have been likable, but one can still sympathize with her trials and reactions.

I knew Mozart had a sister, but I had no idea she was also a musical genius. Charbonnier's book highlighted a woman overlooked, showing the strained relationship between not only Nannerl and Mozart, but Nannerl and music. I loved how Charbonnier described what Nannerl felt while she played -- it reminded me of how I feel when writing. I really enjoyed this historical fiction book!