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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
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medium-paced
Strange and compelling. An interesting peek into the 60's
Each essay contained moments that absolutely floored me. I especially loved how Joan Didion detailed her experience of spending time in the place she grew up in 'On Going Home'- "Paralyzed by the neurotic lassitude engendered by meeting one's past at every turn, around every corner, inside every cupboard, I go aimlessly from room to room." Also the frayed sanity and uneasiness she describes being brought on by the Santa Ana winds. I think on any given revisit I would find something I needed.
informative
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
this was my first joan didion book and not necessarily what i was expecting. didion’s writing is keen and dry, and beautifully done.
however, i feel a lapse in emotion, which is most likely intentional, but just made it difficult for me to connect with and tune into the text. some essays were phenomenal and vibrant, others i found myself just bored.
the standout essays for me were:
some dreamers of the golden dream, on keeping a notebook, on morality, and goodbye to all that.
however, i feel a lapse in emotion, which is most likely intentional, but just made it difficult for me to connect with and tune into the text. some essays were phenomenal and vibrant, others i found myself just bored.
the standout essays for me were:
some dreamers of the golden dream, on keeping a notebook, on morality, and goodbye to all that.
funny
informative
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
adventurous
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Glad I tried it again after such a long time. I really didn't understand as a kid
3.5- joan didion is a beautiful writer and she has such a controlled, articulate and, as has often been said, “eulogistic” way of expressing her musings on the world. i loved the sense of nostalgia and weary appreciation that pervades this collection, a unique sense of being fed up with life but nonetheless appreciating its mundanity.
didion writes from a point of self-reflection and self-awareness that gives some of her essays and observations a lovely sense of retrospect, a nostalgic recollection and re-evaluation of past events through a newfound wisdom.
it’s a collection about shifting perspectives and the passage of time and change and disillusionment. but i think you’d have to have experienced the times and places didion writes from to truly grasp the essence of the collection. still an interesting read but not as impactful as it probably is for a lot of people.
didion writes from a point of self-reflection and self-awareness that gives some of her essays and observations a lovely sense of retrospect, a nostalgic recollection and re-evaluation of past events through a newfound wisdom.
it’s a collection about shifting perspectives and the passage of time and change and disillusionment. but i think you’d have to have experienced the times and places didion writes from to truly grasp the essence of the collection. still an interesting read but not as impactful as it probably is for a lot of people.
Although it was interesting to read about this time in history, I had a hard time connecting to anything in this book.
Finished this in LaGuardia like she intended. Goodbye to all of that!