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Loading... Wild Rosesby Deb Caletti
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. The beginning of this book is really tedious with overwrought descriptions of Tuscany and sentimental, metaphorical descriptions of music that seem out of character for a narrator who works hard at being scientific and unsentimental. That said, the tyrannical environment that Cassie has to endure and the instant passion between Cassie and Ian make the book quite compelling after the first 30 or so pages. This book is a nice blend of the realistic problems children of divorce face with the overwhelming and intoxicating feelings of first love. This book would be appropriate for readers patient enough to wade through the first chapter. (  ) elizabethholloway | Jul 3, 2009 |  This book is written for a young audience. It would be good for middle schoolers to read. The book drags on and does not hold the readers attention. I would not recommend this book. (  ) jessicasmith | Jan 12, 2009 | I didn't really like this book. I felt that it was not really about anything. I thought that it was not written for a "young adult" the plot and language was too simple. ( ) erinbrady | Dec 15, 2008 | Cassie lives with her mom and her step father - Dino, a famous violin player. Dino is moody and tempermental and living with him is sometimes scary for them to live with. He is supposed to compose three pieces and has also taken on a student - Ian (who Cassie falls for). The main focus of the story is Cassie dealing with her home life and not sharing it with her friends. Premise is good, but it was boring in many parts. ( ) saplin | Sep 20, 2008 | At seventeen, Cassie is a reasonably well-adjusted student with decent grades, friends, two parents who love her (unfortunately they're divorced), and brilliant step-father. On the surface, all is wonderful. This is the story of what's happening behind the facade. World-famous concert violinist Dino Cavalli is slipping deeper into mental illness. Off his medication and under extreme pressure, minor cracks turn into fissures and threaten to consume everything and everyone around him. Sprinkled with mentions of real-life geniuses who've come to bad ends, Cassie narrates her step-father's rush toward madness. An eminently readable book with enough bright spots to keep it from being depressing. Perhaps the ending could have been a bit less abrupt, and the footnotes were somewhat distracting, but all in all, I enjoyed it. (  ) fssunnysd | Jan 16, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
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Seventeen-year-old Cassie Morgan has a secret: She's living with a time bomb (a.k.a. her stepfather, Dino Cavalli). To the public, Dino is a world-renowned violinist and composer. To Cassie, he's an erratic, self-centered bully.
Dino has always been difficult, but as he prepares for his comeback concert, something in him begins to shift. He seems more high-strung than ever, set off by any little thing. He stops sleeping, starts chain-smoking. And he grows increasingly paranoid, saying things that Cassie is desperate to make sense of, but can't. So she does what she thinks she must: She tries to hide his behavior from the outside world. Before, she was angry. Now, she is afraid.
Enter Ian Waters: a brilliant young violinist, and Dino's first-ever student. The minute Cassie lays eyes on Ian she knows she's doomed. She tries everything to keep away from him, but is drawn to him in a way she's never felt before. It should be easy. It should be beautiful. It is not. Cassie thought she understood that love could bring pain. But this union will have consequences she could not have imagined.
As the novel crashes through two irreparable events and speeds toward its powerful end, one thing becomes clear: In the world of insanity, nothing is sacred.
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