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Gilda Joyce: The Ghost Sonata
Written by Jennifer Allison
Narrated by Jessica Almasy
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
Jennifer Allison's best-selling Gilda Joyce series features a spunky heroine with a knack for hunting down the paranormal. When best friend Wendy Choy gets an invitation to compete in a piano competition in Oxford, England, Gilda Joyce manages to secure a position as Wendy's page turner. They will sip tea, flirt with English boys, and bask in the warm glow of applause. But when Wendy seems set to become the next victim of a local ghost, the Psychic Investigator goes to work.
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Reviews for Gilda Joyce
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Another great volume in the Gilda Joyce series! The Ghost Sonata follows Gilda and her best friend, Wendy Choy's antics at a piano competition in Oxford, England. As usual Gilda is up to her usual tricks with her fashion forward wardrobe and acerbic wit. Although the story had plenty of humor it was the creepiest of the Gilda books I've read so far. If you haven't checked out this series yet don't delay any longer!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5(I listened to this through Audible Audiobooks.)First off, I'm very glad that audible kept the same reader for this book as for the previous one in the series. I really do wish that Audible would release them all on audio, as the reader does an excellent job and somehow manages to perfectly capture the tone and cadence of a junior-high student -- not to mention all the accents and quirks of speech for the other characters, many of whom are from countries like India, Russia, China, and Scotland. Much applause for reader Jessica Almasy!As for the story itself, I'm afraid that I didn't enjoy this installment of the series nearly as much as I'd enjoyed The Ladies of the Lake. In this book, Gilda's friend Wendy is invited to participate in an international piano competition in Oxford, England... and of course, Gilda manages to finagle her way into joining Wendy at the competition as her official "page turner". Once they arrive, Wendy starts hearing and seeing some strange things, and it seems like she's being haunted by a local ghost. Naturally, this is Gilda's area of expertise, and she gets right to work.That said, there's a different feel to this book than the previous one I'd read, in that this book actually requires you to suspend disbelief and accept that there has been, without question, supernatural influence. In other words (and I'm trying to make this as un-spoilery as possible), there really is a ghost (but you already knew that from the third chapter or so), as opposed to The Ladies of the Lake (though I wonder about the other books in this series?), where there's a perfectly logical explanation for everything. I like a good ghost story as much as the next person, but part of this series' charm for me was Gilda's unwavering belief in ghosts and her psychic abilities... even though the reader knows that it's not exactly real, and gets to see everything play out with logic and reasoning.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5“Gilda Joyce The Ghost Sonata” by Jennifer Allison is one of the books in a series of mysteries. It has 53 small chapters about a heroine that is interested in paranormal activities. The character is fully fleshed out as an adventurous heroine who is not afraid of traveling and facing fearful personal challenges. She is independent and determined to succeed. The narrative is very descriptive and uses advanced word choices in phrases such as “eccentric scholars ponder.” The author could have written “peculiar” instead of “eccentric” but she chose advanced word choices; this is why I would recommend this book to readers who have mastered a certain level of reading fluency. English language learners still reading at a basic level would be unable to understand the context of the text due to the difficulty of the word choices. I would recommend it to “proficient” and “advanced” readers. Ages 5th and 8th
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5this book is about a girl named Gilda. who goes on a trip to England with her friend Wendy. she goes there has her official page tuner in a piano compotion. Gilda mets a boy named Julian. Gilda and Wendy start to get mysterious tote cards. all Wendy number for every thing. it was the number nine. then Julian becomes the main subject in there case. then it was one of her competitions/team mate that was making her nerves.this book is for not scary mystery book lover. it was boring for me to read. i dont recommend this book.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5When Gilda's best afriend Wendy is chosen to go to England for a piano competition, Gilda decides she has to go. She gets an all expenses paid trip as Wendy's page turner. Once there strange things begin to happen. Taro cards are beggining to show up around the competitors. If that isn't enough Wendy is having difficulty sleeping and she keeps hearing creepy music. In this book Gilda find her first love, Julian. She must let the practices suffer so that she can help solve this mystery. I enjoyed this book immensly We get to see Gilda's best friend Wendy in a differently light. She played a larger role in this book. She isn't as colorful as Gilda and maybe that is why they are best friends. It all balances out.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gilda and her friend, Wendy, are off on another adventure. This time they are going to England where Wendy is in an International Piano Competition. Mysterious tarot cards begin appearing among the competitors. Gilda and Wendy start seeing ghosts and Wendy hears strange music playing. The girls begin investigating and find a lost piece of music that was written by a young composer but never was performed because he was killed. Wendy decides she must play the composition for the competition. Gilda meets one of the competitors and falls in love with her first kiss. Girls would probably like this book better than boys. Gilda is always funny and fun-loving.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I love this series. Gilda is my kind of gal. I love the fact that she doesn't think that any of her zany schemes are abnormal. I feel that Jennifer Allison has really captured her personality perfectly.