This was a pretty good book compared to most of the readings we have read throughout the year. This was a true story which made it more interesting for me to read because i really wanted to find out the story of Nathaniel Ayers. I feel like this book has really come a long way. From lopez first hearing Ayers playing his violin with two strings to now Where Lopez and Ayers have a great friendship with eachother that is still going on today.
In my opinion i would say Lopez is pretty crazy for putting a lot of his time and effort into working with Ayers. I thought that maybe after a newspaper article or two that both Lopez and Ayers would go on living their lives but Lopez sticking with Ayers turned out to be good for both of them in the long run. They ended up having a great friendship due to all Lopez' hard work. There was one fight that occured in these final chapters between Lopez and Ayers. Lopez could have just walked away right there and maybe never even see Ayers again. But instead he understood his illness and did not think much of it just to keep their friendship.
Lopez and Ayers still hold their great freindship up to this day. What started off as a few newspaper articles changed the life of Ayers, who basically was living a bad life as a homeless person. My final thought of The Soloist was that it actually was a pretty good book, which i didnt expect it to be. It was a good book to finish off the year with.
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Nick, I have read your soloist posts throughout this book and I enjoyed it. I agree with mostly all of your posts throughout. And I agree that this was one of the better books that we have read this year. Thank you for posting these blogs because I have really enjoyed reading them.
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