Mozart’s Sister

Just finished today; I could have finished it a little bit quicker by a couple days to be honest.

I liked Mozart’s Sister; usually I do not go to the 1700s for historical fiction because I used to hit that time period hard for books growing up. One of my personal things of history is royalty and world history in general, like being able to see beyond just one specific place and know that during Mozart was the beginning of the US, Catherine the Great, and Marie Antoinette being married to Louis the XVI. The world is so much bigger than the place we live, so it was cool that Moser included some moments of describing other things happening in other places.

I will say that I think that anyone at any age could read this, whether you are in middle school, or an adult. I feel like this is something I was reading in grade school, not really saying this as a negative thing, because whatever floats your boat, but let us just say that this was on a simpler side of reading. There was nothing offensive such as language and sexuality. Nanneral has a deep relationship with God, which was appropriate to the time period. It was an entertaining read and easy to follow along.

What I really enjoyed, which I am seeing a trend with the latest books I have read, is the inner struggle within people. For Nanneral, it was being the sibling who is just as talented in her own right, but gets skimped over because of her gender and her age difference with Wolfgang. You see her get so angry and filled with jealousy, but because of the time that she was in, those feelings cannot even be justified because of the roles impeded on her. Even if you get mad, what can you do? What really is beautifully tragic [Spoiler] is that towards the end of her life, Nanneral has not just excepted the life that had been given her even though it was not what she wanted, but instead acknowledged the great good that came out of settling for less. There were children that she was able to bless and give them opportunities that they never knew could happen. That is awesome.

I would read this again for the good writing, the good story, and the good relating it does to a person. You will find a copy here.

9/10