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paused_wind's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
jb16772's review
4.0
Perfect read whatever
A very interesting read and nice way to find new music, though few people will have as eclectic a taste as mr. James Acaster.
At times the book feels like a mismatches set of record descriptions but generally all interesting. The book is generally at it's best when Acaster is open and honest about his physical and emotional state during 2017, and why he started (and continued) the 2016 project.
For me the book was even better due to my addition of the audible with Acaster himself reading the book, to bring the book more to live. Its easy to read the book with his tone of voice and speech recognisable in the writing, but that is not the same as hearing him speak the worst. There is about a 2 page section that the audible version skips (I don't consider audible reading, so I read along), but that bit is only a distraction from James' embarrissing experience .
It is difficult to assign a rating to the book. For some the disjointed nature of the albums will make the book feel like a lower rated book, but it is well written. For me the addition of audible ensures it is definitely a four star book, and I'll definitely want to revisit to try more of the album recommendations as I gave up on trying to listen to all recommendations since that was slowing down the read considerably.
A very interesting read and nice way to find new music, though few people will have as eclectic a taste as mr. James Acaster.
At times the book feels like a mismatches set of record descriptions but generally all interesting. The book is generally at it's best when Acaster is open and honest about his physical and emotional state during 2017, and why he started (and continued) the 2016 project.
For me the book was even better due to my addition of the audible with Acaster himself reading the book, to bring the book more to live. Its easy to read the book with his tone of voice and speech recognisable in the writing, but that is not the same as hearing him speak the worst. There is about a 2 page section that the audible version skips (I don't consider audible reading, so I read along), but that bit is only a distraction from James' embarrissing experience .
It is difficult to assign a rating to the book. For some the disjointed nature of the albums will make the book feel like a lower rated book, but it is well written. For me the addition of audible ensures it is definitely a four star book, and I'll definitely want to revisit to try more of the album recommendations as I gave up on trying to listen to all recommendations since that was slowing down the read considerably.
flashandoutbreak's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness
titaroro's review
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.0
Love it. Fascinating, funny, touching. Well written exploration of a year in music.
courtenay_k's review
2.0
It pains me to give this book 2 stars, as I love Acaster and can only imagine how much research went into this book. But it was just kind of a slog to get through the overwhelming amount of backstories about musical artists thrown all together by thin thematic threads.