The Cellist of Sarajevo

While the story at the center of “The Cellist of Sarajevo” is heart rending, the execution was lacking. With the exception of the chapters written from Arrow's point of view, which crackle and are the only reason I'm not giving this novel one star, the writing was plodding and uninspired. Every sentence in the other chapters was written in the same clunky meter and got in the way of the characters. In fact, the novel reads like a creative writing assignment which would be lucky to get a C-.