comment on style/language

The novel Grace Notes is told in terms of music; it is about the creation of music. It is also about the redemption that can come from music. The language of the novel has its own rhythm, as though MacLaverty were writing a musical composition rather than a novel. The rhythm of the novel is most apparent when the reader sees inside Catherine's thoughts and memories. The memories begin as complete sentences, and then sentence fragments break the thoughts. The fragments, rather than breaking the flow of the thoughts, unexpectedly add to the rhythm.