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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
“I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 a.m. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends. We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget. We forget the loves and the betrayals alike, forget what we whispered and what we screamed, forget who we were.”
California themed read, first Didion read. Mostly loved this. Skimmed a couple of the essays (the movie one in particular) but overall adore her writing and her point of view.
California themed read, first Didion read. Mostly loved this. Skimmed a couple of the essays (the movie one in particular) but overall adore her writing and her point of view.
dark
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Good stuff. Some of the pieces I wished were longer, but that’s just how it goes, I suppose.
She do write well.
The faclon cannot hear the falconer
She do write well.
The faclon cannot hear the falconer
California propaganda, but I didn’t fall for it. She’s a master tho!
rip joan didion. you would’ve loved the iphone notes app
Her prose is so poignant that it makes me want to drive immediately to Southern California — a place I’ve never been and probably will not go for a long time. She writes about her time in California with such delicacy and intimacy that you really feel enveloped in that place and period of her life. Also, JOAN BAEZ MENTIONED!!
loveeee joan didion’s writing but some of these essays drag a little. love the titular essay and her personals, though!
I feel very guilty for rating this so low but I think despite the excellent writing I’m just not very interested in the bulk of the content - California in the 1960s. Its probably a case of a great book that just wasn’t for me, not right now.
Was anyone ever so self-righteous about their view of the world? I am here to tell you that someone was.