Pretty easy-going pace and tone. This feels like a music-based (with focus on British rock) slice of life. The time period is a little hard to place, but it feels like it’s early 2000’s. Facebook’s a thing, the main character has a flip phone and one of the early iPods, and a music store is still in business yet Candy Crush (2012) exists. All of that adds to the retro vibes and the dry, quirky humor.

I think the author got the preteen struggles and frustrations well. This book won’t appeal to everyone mostly due to its slow, casual storytelling, the Beatles spotlight, and understandably the cancer plotline of Lucy’s grandma. 

Overall, I liked this. I also liked the art style it gave the story personality.