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One Hit Wonder (2010)

by Charlie Carillo(Favorite Author)

3.34 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0758235054 (ISBN13: 9780758235053)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Kensington

review 1: For any music fan, there's wonder in the one hit wonder. What does happen to those riding the double-edged sword of a meteoric rise to fame and the equal and opposite reaction. Carillo's Mickey DeFalco is a compelling combination of jaded from his whirlwind clash with fame and naively optimistic about the future. My biggest complaint about the book is that Lynn isn't given enough space to be much beyond the girl of Mickey's dreams, and her reasons for disappearing are deep, dark and come too close to the end of the book to really be dealt with. All in all, though I loved the dynamic between Mickey and his parents (as a boomerang child myself), and Carillo (while cheating Lynn) does draw a nice arc for Mickey's character that satisfies the story.
review 2: Micke... morey is in love with Lynn and has been since he met her. As teenagers, she leaves him, running away from something Mickey is unaware of. A stroke of genius hits him and he writes a hit song inspired by Lynn. It becomes a one hit wonder. His life winds down from there, but for Mickey it was always downhill ever since Lynn left. Now Mickey is 38 and back living with his parents doing the same job he had in high school. He has nothing left of his fame and fortune, both of which were short lived. To me, Mickey seemed like he lacked a bit of common sense, and he could be pretty oblivious at times. He seemed like the kind of guy that gets pushed around easily. Mickeys relationship with Lynn didn't strike me as something that could render a broken heart, but I guess for Mickey it did. Their relationship just didn't seem genuine to me I guess. I liked the story enough to finish it, so that is something. less

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