Reviews - Slouching Towards Bethlehem

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Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Joan Didion

4.12 AVERAGE

daphne_guima's review against another edition

5.0

The essay On Self-Respect is 5/5.

alexandrabrooks's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective slow-paced

jmyanish's review against another edition

3.0

This collection felt like a time capsule into the 1960s, very disillusioned and a little hard to understand now, when the references mean very little. In most ways it felt like a measured love letter to California, or maybe just Californians.

bryleighpierce's review

3.0

Overall, Slouching Towards Bethlehem is exceedingly American and very much a product of its time (the U.S in the 60s) with some really great bits, some not so great bits and some that seemed entirely irrelevant.

siruiwooo's review against another edition

Took me a really long time to get through the first part (LIFE STYLES IN THE GOLDEN LAND); not sure if I was just no longer used to reading literature of this kind, or if it was all the Californian names that meant nothing to me. I did, however, found the second and third part much more compelling. On keeping a notebook, in particular, helped me get back into journalling, although in an unconventional way.