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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
adventurous
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
I saw one reviewer state that the material is dated and that it doesn't seem relevant today; while I love this book and will read the next two collections from Didion I cannot ignore that reviewer's point. However the fact is I'm extremely biased...
I graduated High School in '71, Los Angeles. witnessed the Haight, experienced the Santa Ana winds every year, worried about fires and mudslides, saw the working class culture of San Bernardino, vacationed in 1960 Hawaii traveling on the Lurline's sister ship "Matsonia", and have visited Sacramento, Santa Barbara and NY City several times. These coincidences make the material in the book directly relevant to me.
So this book takes me back to times whose memories I still hold on to but adds an expanded, admittedly less romantic, view of those times and places. I'll have to share this with my older sisters since they align in time with Didion even more than I do.
I graduated High School in '71, Los Angeles. witnessed the Haight, experienced the Santa Ana winds every year, worried about fires and mudslides, saw the working class culture of San Bernardino, vacationed in 1960 Hawaii traveling on the Lurline's sister ship "Matsonia", and have visited Sacramento, Santa Barbara and NY City several times. These coincidences make the material in the book directly relevant to me.
So this book takes me back to times whose memories I still hold on to but adds an expanded, admittedly less romantic, view of those times and places. I'll have to share this with my older sisters since they align in time with Didion even more than I do.
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
informative
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
slow-paced
informative
reflective
fast-paced
I will forever re-read this collection in an effort to figure out just how Joan Didion could work such magic with her pen. Mrs. Didion you were a giant.
This book was just not for me. The writing was quick but the storytelling wasn’t there for me. I don’t need my hand to be held exactly but some idea of what's going on at any given time would have been helpful.
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced