Her mind felt loud . . .

[shootingstar]

She (Nora) caught sight of the cover of "Your Cat magazine. A ginger tabby. Her mind felt loud, like a Sturm und Drang symphony, as if the ghost of a German composer was trapped inside her mind, conjuring chaos and intensity.
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(The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, episode Doors)

(Annotation: Nora's cat "Volt" was recently run over by a car)
What does "Her mind felt loud" mean in this context? Is there a synonym for "feel loud"?

 

[SoothingDave]

Doesn't it say that it was like a Sturm und Drang symphony in her head?

 

[Rover_KE]

Sturm und Drang means storm and stress.

 

[shootingstar]

SoothingDave said:
Doesn't it say that it was like a Sturm und Drang symphony in her head?

Maybe you are right. However "feel loud" is different from "like a Sturm und Drang symphony" and so they express something else in my opinion, even though they correspond with each other - or would you say they are identical? Is there a synonym for "feel loud" in this context? Maybe the verb "roar" or "boom" could do: It roars/booms in her mind or head like a Sturm und Drang symphony.

 

[shootingstar]

Sturm und Drang means storm and stress.

In addition, in this context "Sturm und Drang" refers to the short "Sturm und Drang"- period of the history of German literature and music.

 

[jutfrank]

This has nothing to do with German literaure.

The idea is that her mind felt loud, busy, noisy, with lots of voices, similar to how a Sturm und Drang symphony sounds.