Reviews

Fear of Music by Jonathan Lethem

sethdmichaels's review

4.0

Distractingly and off-puttingly self-conscious and weird at first, but it grows on you; not unlike the (awesome) album it's about.

ethihoff's review

3.0

There was a whole lot of purple prose and word salad for a long while in this book. The first half more or less was a whole lot of words without saying much at all, and it was kinda all over the place. But, despite some unfortunate shade thrown at Electric Guitar, the second half was really interesting as he began incorporating more history into his essays on each song. I also really enjoyed the mini-chapters between each song asking “is Fear of Music a ______ album?” all of which were pretty good questions!

davida's review

5.0

Goodness, this dude knows how to turn a sentence. If you like the Talking Heads or anything else Lethem's written, read this book pls.