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Just Kids
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bookshelves: non-ya, nonfiction, memoir, recommend, to-buy, reviewed, 4-stars
Jun 21, 2022
bookshelves: non-ya, nonfiction, memoir, recommend, to-buy, reviewed, 4-stars
this is literally the most fun you can have while reading a book that is, generously, 40% names.
to be fair, they're some good names! this is open and edgy and poetic and one of a kind. if it felt like reading the caption of a photo in a magazine, it was at least a cool magazine. and a good photo.
bottom line: i would have been more surprised if i didn't like this book than if i were hit by lightning.
to be fair, they're some good names! this is open and edgy and poetic and one of a kind. if it felt like reading the caption of a photo in a magazine, it was at least a cool magazine. and a good photo.
bottom line: i would have been more surprised if i didn't like this book than if i were hit by lightning.
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Jun 30, 2023 12:17PM
I recommend the audiobook. Patti reading it just brings a whole other element to it. It was one of my favorites last year.
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as a non-american with parents who grew up in the soviet union, that name dropping was the most humbling thing ever. like okay so i don’t know anything or anyone
hey, curious as to why you gave this 4 stars? what knocked off that last star?
LOVE this book. I listened to the audiobook that Patti Smith narrated and it makes it even better, I swear.
Sally Rooney gets 5 stars and not Patti Smith's greatest work?! :,(
Isa wrote: "Sally Rooney gets 5 stars and not Patti Smith's greatest work?! :,("the magic of personal preferences
Amanda wrote: "LOVE this book. I listened to the audiobook that Patti Smith narrated and it makes it even better, I swear."i'll have to try that on reread!
@rebecca @tnnj even the best list of names is still sometimes just a list of names
jessy wrote: "as a non-american with parents who grew up in the soviet union, that name dropping was the most humbling thing ever. like okay so i don’t know anything or anyone"honestly, as a lifelong american resident, i didn't feel super great about it either
Nicky wrote: "I recommend the audiobook. Patti reading it just brings a whole other element to it. It was one of my favorites last year."i wish i listened! next time
