Tremolo: Cry of the Loon
Tremolo: Cry of the Loon is the fifth book in the LeGarde Mysteries series by author Aaron Paul Lazar. Beatlemania hits the United States, the world mourns the passing of JFK. The powerful events that rocked the country were the backdrop for 11-year-old Gus LeGarde’s challenging summer. Gus, Elsbeth and Siegfried on their way to find Sharon Adamski. They hope the sadistic father won’t find Sharon first. What will they do to help Sharon before the difficulties she is facing?
Here are the top 3 reviews and comments that readers love about this fascinating book.
Review 1: Tremolo: Cry of the Loon audiobook by Ellis
A Pleasure to Listen to
Aaron Paul Lazar is a fine writer, and his richly detailed story easily takes the reader back to the summer of 1964. Most of the historical details are familiar, and the songs bring back memories.
Gus LeGarde takes a big step toward becoming the man he is in later books, a character I love. He and his best friends, Sigfried and Elspeth, are spending the summer at Gus’s grandparents’ cabins in Maine, along with a mystery visitor traveling under the name “Mrs. Jones,” whom Gus befriends. Mrs. Jones has suffered a tragedy, and Gus’s ready sympathy and understanding help her through a bad time. The scenes with Mrs. Jones are among my favorites.
A girl Gus glimpses in the woods captures the young trio’s attention and sets them on the path to risky adventures and a mystery. As the summer progresses, tragedy mixes with simple pleasures, and Gus becomes aware of some unexpected adult experiences. The tolerant, realistic way the adults around him handle things, and Gus’s own reactions help shape the man he’ll become.
Narrator Erik Synnestvedt handles the different voices well, making it easy to distinguish them. He conveys emotions believably and without overdoing them. I really enjoyed his reading of some of the same characters in Don’t Let the Wind Catch You and was pleased to find him narrating this book. I highly recommend Tremolo: Cry of the Loon for reading or listening.
Review 2: Tremolo: Cry of the Loon audiobook by Linda O
Wonderfully written, brilliantly narrated
This was my second Lazar book, and I enjoyed it even more than the first. I previously read Double Forte, which featured Gus LeGarde as a grandfather. Reading about Gus’s antics as a kid in Tremolo, knowing how life was going to treat him and his family and friends in years to come, gave a special depth to the characters, even in the tiny details like Gus’s grandfather calling him “sport” as Gus later calls his own grandson.
Obviously, Tremolo is set several decades before Double Forte, in 1964 to be exact. Lazar’s rich array of details of the time and place obviously calls upon personal experiences, not mere research into the Maine lakes in the 1960’s. In fact, a good share of my enjoyment of this book was in those “Oh, yeah!” moments from my own youth in Maine. I cut my feet on lake mussels, and tripped over protruding roots on pine needle-padded paths, and worked at a small family-run resort, and a million other things Lazar weaves into his tale.
As with Double Forte, there are broad gaps between action sequences and developments of the mystery plot, which are filled with Gus’s narrative about the life going on around and inside him. In Tremolo, Lazar adds cultural references (e.g., JFK’s assassination, To Kill a Mockingbird) that provide social commentary as Gus is educated in the summer school of hard knocks. It all adds up to a very good read.
Erik Synnestvedt was perfectly cast to narrate Tremolo. I’d listen to this guy read the phone book aloud. He portrayed young Gus’s first person narrative brilliantly and switched from one character’s voice to another flawlessly.
Review 3: Tremolo: Cry of the Loon audiobook by Cgriffing
Excellent audiobook
I enjoyed this story a great deal as it held my attention, I felt as if I was right there with the characters going through the story, the characters themselves were genuine, and the pace of the telling of the story was perfect for an audiobook. I am looking forward to listening to more stories from this author.
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