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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
Just couldn’t get into it. LOVE Fran’s humor but the short stories just didn’t connect with me…
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
I picked this up after watching Scorsese’s hit starring her, “Pretend it’s a City”, which I loved so much I’ve watched it about a dozen times. But I couldn’t even finish this - way, way, way too tedious. I’ll stick to the Netflix special.
funny
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
a romp, the whole sarcastic woman in ny thing gets a bit repetetive
I have tried to read this book twice, and both times I have been disappointed. I thought I would like the book as it was highly recommended, and I'm a huge fan of David Sedaris, which I assumed was a similar style to this book.
But no, I just can't get past the first several chapters, and I couldn't understand why I dislike this book so much - and then it hit me. It's pretentious - I find her writing to be "I'm Jewish, Lesbian, Liberal, from New York City, so of course of I'm interesting". Nope - not buying it. And it's really dated.
But no, I just can't get past the first several chapters, and I couldn't understand why I dislike this book so much - and then it hit me. It's pretentious - I find her writing to be "I'm Jewish, Lesbian, Liberal, from New York City, so of course of I'm interesting". Nope - not buying it. And it's really dated.
This book combines Fran Lebowitz's earlier books: Metropolitan Life and Social Studies. It is a humorous and sardonic look at life. The books are a series of short essays or notes on observation. Some made me laugh and some were just ho-hum.
I think I prefer listening to Fran Lebowitz talk and give her observations, rather than reading them. I just enjoy her voice and her wit, and it comes across better, to me, in her speech.
I think I prefer listening to Fran Lebowitz talk and give her observations, rather than reading them. I just enjoy her voice and her wit, and it comes across better, to me, in her speech.
“The first thing that music must understand is that there are two kinds of music—good music and bad music. Good music is music that I want to hear. Bad music is music that I don’t want to hear.”
book of anecdotes & strong opinions !
book of anecdotes & strong opinions !