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ever_unread's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
elizaeliza's review
2.0
The first few chapters of this book were truly glorious. The awe and optimism of an American abroad on the continent in 1928, bar scenes and cityscapes depicted in lush impressionistic passages, an adventure! A lark! Books and booze, artists and hookers! Oh yeah!
Then it got really dull. I didn't really care - I was busy doing other things while listening to it on audiobook - but it did rather remind me of listening to an old uncle rattle off an itinerary of their last trip. Dull as, bro.
What can we expect from an early unpublished work that is posthumously published? Probably a couple of great chapters. Well, that's exactly how I would describe this book.
Then it got really dull. I didn't really care - I was busy doing other things while listening to it on audiobook - but it did rather remind me of listening to an old uncle rattle off an itinerary of their last trip. Dull as, bro.
What can we expect from an early unpublished work that is posthumously published? Probably a couple of great chapters. Well, that's exactly how I would describe this book.
sethlynch's review
3.0
Most of this material is covered (more or less) in his other writings. This book made a nice supplement but on each page it has an irrelevant (to the text) smutty illustration. Delete these and the book would be vastly improved.
kimswhims's review
3.0
DNF at 1:20 of 3:32 hour audiobook
The Initial arrival in Paris was engaging and interestingly conversational, but didn't hold my interest as it went along. I may pick it up another time but too many other things to listen to that interest me so may not.
The Initial arrival in Paris was engaging and interestingly conversational, but didn't hold my interest as it went along. I may pick it up another time but too many other things to listen to that interest me so may not.
chriswolak's review against another edition
1.0
Quit listening after the first disc. I haven't read anything by Miller but when this audiobook came across my desk at the library I thought I'd give it a try. I don't know if it was the narrator or the content, but it started sounding a little too Hemingway-esq for my tastes (and I like Hemingway): He-man literary type in Paris drinking wine and having sex with lots of name dropping in between.
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