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All Together Now is a tale about how music can bring together a community, but also how it can brighten anyones life, And all this thanks to a community choir, I have to admit that being on a choir has always been something I would have loved to do but given that my music sense is nonexistent and that I cannot tune when I sing even if my life depended on it its a dream I had to give up a long time ago.
So I found the idea for this book really interesting and amusing,

At the beginning though, it took me a long while to really warm with the characters, They all had their problems at home and the choir was just an extension of these problems, with no organization, no new ideas and no charm at all.
But as the story progressed and new characters were added to the story and to the choir, I started enjoying the story a lot more, I really liked that music played such a big role in the story, Gill always described all the songs they were doing on the choir but also added music on the routine lives of the choir members, I knew most of the songs and the ones I didnt I checked online, This made me feel closer to the story,

But the best bit of the story is definitely the last quarter, Here the story finally takes speed and everything happens at once, With a big finale, worthy of a musical I closed the last page of this book with a huge smile on my face,

All in all, All Together now is a charming story about many different people who are brought together thanks to a hobby but end up bonding beyond it.
A bit slow, especially at the beginning, but worth a reading, I enthusiastically recommend it to music lovers and choir aficionados, This is set in a small village called St Ambrose which is in decline, Some of the locals join together to form The Bridgeford Community choir and hope to make their lives more complete by joining in, They want to win the championship can they pull together When Constance, their singing coach dies in an accident will they be able to succeed without her

This combines a sense of community, family life, love and finding yourself.
What secrets are they all hiding Can they help each other overcome their problems

This is the first book Ive read by Gill Hornby, who is the sister of the author Nick Hornby.
Her debut book was called The Hive,

Many thanks to the publisher and Net Galley for the chance to read this book Having read The Hive and liked some aspects of it, I approached All Together Now with a reasonably open mind.
The subject matter of a community choir was very appealing and the author is absolutely right about the healing and unity singing together can bring, Some of the characterisation is spot on too, However, taken as a whole, this book never really grabbed my attention, If I am honest I only finished it so quickly for me so I can pass it to a friend who is very involved in a local community singing group.
A lot of the books I read are dark with scary zombies and the world about to end but you know when the apocalypse gets too much I do like to look for a good book that will take me to a happier place.


All Together Now is the perfect prescription to cure my dystopian book overdose!

It is the charming tale of the small town of Bridgeford and its community choir.
Now choral ensembles are everywhere this day and programmes like Glee and of course Pitch Perfect give a fun teen view to it all but the Bridgeford community choir is quite the mixed bag.


The choir has people of all ages but its membership has waned and when the choir leader is involved in a car crash, well the remaining members start to fret.


The town of Bridgeford isn't exactly full of perfectly pitched singers but with some gentle persuasion the choir manages to acquire some new members and begins to find new life.


Of course it isn't just about the singing, the members are all from different backgrounds they include Tracey who is a single mum who really isn't keen to be involved, Bennett who is recently divorced with an outstanding voice and Annie, who is keeping the choir together, just!

They are a mixed bag and as the choir gets in to its stride we learn more and more about the people who bring the songs to life, as well as discovering their love of song and I know this sounds cheesy but they all discover themselves too, they learn what they are all capable off.


It really is a charming read, full of humour and the characters are all wholly likeable plus there are lots of lovely nods to lots of songs that you will find yourself singing whilst you read!

Thank you to Abacus for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.

.a nice read about the coming together of a community, The characters are very relatable even though we do not get overly detailed insights into each, Thoughtfully written. While this book is not "Great Literature" it is wellwritten, well structured and by no means Chick Lit, A very enjoyable and absorbing read, Anyone who has ever joined a Club or Society will be familiar with the differences that occur when people with a common interest but different social background and life experiences come together.
This isn't my usual choice of genre, but I ended up enjoying the book quite a bit, the author explores the themes of dealing with change and what it means to be a community in such a way that you feel empathy towards the characters, but without it feeling too sickly sweet or preachy.
I would most likely read something by this author again as it was a really easy read and perfect for summer days or going on holiday A book that tries to be warm and witty and fails on both counts.
Little to recommend it. meh As soon as i read the first page I knew this was my kind of book, It tells the story of a local choir and the stories of its members, This book was so uplifting it actually made me want to live in this town and join in, A great read that I will tell the world to read All Together Now was not as easygoing to read as I had hoped for, Not that I didn't enjoy the book, I did like parts of the book, However, I also found the book a bit dry to read, Just not as funny and engrossing as I had hoped it to be, For instance, I had a pretty hard time getting into the book and enjoying all the different characters plight and quirkiness, But, somewhere along the way I started to enjoy the book more and more and some characters situations did come to intrigue and amuse me,

For instance, I wasn't that interested in Bennett, but when he started the choir and started to change he suddenly becomes more interesting, the same thing happened with Tracey.
What was her big secret and how come Bennett thought he recognized her from somewhere And, then we have Annie, who to be honest could be a bit annoying in the beginning, but the more one got to know her the more one could see that this busybody also had her problems.
And, the last part of the book was quite good, secrets were revealed, injustice was discovered and taken care of and the choir really started to become an important part in Bridgeford.


So, the book actually did turn out quite good, despite a slow start for me with some problem with the story and its characters.
I even laughed out loud at one part towards the end of the book and I came to like the quirky characters in the choir,

.stars

Thanks to the publisher for providing me with a copy of the book and for letting me taking part in the blog tour!
A wonderful story of belonging and community In a book ofpages it took until pagefor me to finally want to finish the book rather than just give up.
Just not my cup of tea, Thanks to NetGalley and Little, Brown for the ARC of this book,

I picked up this book because I am a fan of the author's brother, Nick Hornby, and her husband, Robert Harris, so I had high hopes of the quality of the writing.
Unfortunately I was disappointed. The book follows a series

of lonely misfits in a small town who come together in the community choir and improve their lives, happiness and family relationships through the power of joining in and communal support.


With a plotline treading such familiar and predictable ground, the book either needed to be exceptionally funny or have particularly compelling characters in order to be successful.
Unfortunately it has neither qualities,

I didn't really like or care about any of the characters, I thought the characterisation was poor and I couldn't really get inside the heads of the characters they were all a bit flat and one note.


The plot was also written by numbers with no twists or surprises and could be any number of other books I've read or films I've seen.
In fact, the basic premise of an unlikely group of people drawn together by circumstance and becoming an extended supportive family is almost exactly the same as Nick Hornby's book 'A Long Way Down', but his writing is much more accomplished and compelling and his observations about human relationships more piercing.


I really wanted to like this book, but it was just incredibly average and bland, Set in a small UK suburb with an engaging group of characters each of whom is struggling to find a sense of purpose and direction, The local community chorus, itself struggling to remain relevant, becomes the catalyst that inspires and challenges a single mother, a recently laidoff middleaged man, a young waitress and an underappreciated, traditional mother among others.
This was an enjoyable read, The issues that many of these characters face are contemporary: redundancy, dealing with an emptynest, bad past decisions, toxic relationships and the homogenization of small towns.
Some readers may find some of the plot twists a bit sentimental but those are offset by some irreverent humor and inspiring musical moments throughout,

Full disclosure: This book was an Advanced Reading Copy provided by the publisher through a Goodreads, com giveaway promotion. .