Reviews

The White Album by Joan Didion

anneliesepeerbolte's review against another edition

4.0

Quite good 

alyssafraley's review against another edition

inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

joylessromantique's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.75

lilyaugust's review against another edition

4.5

Kaleidoscopic but somehow grounded

aliceofbattenberg's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

molliecantread's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

missmelancholia's review against another edition

inspiring reflective

4.25

maddyreads89's review against another edition

reflective tense slow-paced

3.5

Lots of great stuff (Didion’s exploration of setting, the clarity and specificity of her prose, the exploration of narrative), but also a lot of frustrating bits, notably the explicitly political essays (looking at you “The Women’s Movement”). Overall, I love the style of Didion’s writing, but I don’t know enough about the 60s and 70s to be sure that she isn’t talking out of her a** like 50% of the time (*cough* “The Women’s Movement”)

yasminabdullahi's review against another edition

inspiring

5.0

jkstonge's review against another edition

4.0

I really love Joan Didion's work! It took me a longer time than usual working my way through this one, but I think that's more a testament to a busy month than to her writing. Joan Didion does require a certain headspace to really delve into, but once I'm in, I'm enjoying it a great deal!