The Soloist

The first six chapters of "The Soloist" have been pretty good so far. I feel Steve Lopez has a different type of writing style then the past couple authors of books we have read. As Mr. Fiorini said, he writes his books kind of like a newspaper article, but i think this is a good change compared to the past couple books we have read. Its a little bit of an easy read and its easier to pick out the main points and main events throughout the chapters.

This book is based on true events which makes it a little bit more interseting for me. The story is based on Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless man who has a fetish of playing the violin on busy street corners. Not to mention that he is playing a violin with only two strings on it. Steve Lopez, a journalist for a local newspaper comes across Ayers one day while searching for his next story to write about in an upcoming newspaper. Lopez notices how well Ayers is playing a violin with only two strings and thinks to himself that this maybe could be in his next newspaper article.

Lopez becomes quite fond of Ayers and his violin with two strings that he often goes searching for him to ask him questions. He keeps trying to find out Ayers' story of why he is on the streets and how did he get that good at playing the violin. After visiting Ayers a few times he discovers that he attended Julliard and is diagnosed with the illness schizophrenia. He also discovers that Ayers illness led him to drop out of Julliard. These first six chapters have been interesting and i am looking forward to find out the rest of the true story about Nathaniel Ayers.

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