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Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Joan Didion

4.12 AVERAGE

sounddust's review against another edition

4.5

challenging informative medium-paced

buszujacawinternecie's review against another edition

4.0

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Ulubione: Którzy śnią złoty sen; Dryfując do Betlejem; List z raju; Wszystkiemu do widzenia.

mmamckinney's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

caz_the_calzone's review

3.75

reflective slow-paced

analisac12's review against another edition

4.5

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hannahnicole1215's review against another edition

4.0

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octobless's review against another edition

2.5

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mis_shapes's review

DID NOT FINISH: 48%

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p4uline's review against another edition

4.0

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

sofleo's review against another edition

3.0

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Damn, this one was a slog. At first, I remembered why I loved Didion so much and how her writing made me want to write myself. Then, with the help of some additional knowledge about who she is and how she subtly imbues herself into her writing, it shifted my opinion a little bit. Didion is a bit of a god looming over the people she’s writing about, viewing all and judging all at the same time. That quiet, omnipresent judgement started to get old after a while. I’m glad I read it, but it was difficult to finish and definitely took me a while.