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mementomaggie's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
medium-paced
5.0
The way the essays from Sarajevo describing American inaction could be used with key words changed to accurately describe current events will haunt me. Doomed to repeat the same mistakes until we learn from the past
chairmanbernanke's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting judgements and reflections on a range of topics.
talypollywaly's review
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
3.65 rounded up.
Some essays were 4.5 worthy ("A Place for Fantasy" and the last few essays) but most were on topics I knew or cared very little about, and were a slog to get through. Maybe once I appreciate opera and European filmmakers more?
Some essays were 4.5 worthy ("A Place for Fantasy" and the last few essays) but most were on topics I knew or cared very little about, and were a slog to get through. Maybe once I appreciate opera and European filmmakers more?
esteshour's review against another edition
I didn’t went through everything, only the interesting ones.
sapphicpenguin's review
4.0
Our interpretations of anything depend on what we pay attention to. The meaning of a sentence depends on what word(s) you enunciate. Where the stress falls changes the meaning.
I dearly wish I was a famous writer, if only so I could write elaborate essays about random artists or situations I was interested in. If you are going to go on this journey Sontag dragged me along on, please have Wikipedia open in your browser. I did not have the level of knowledge that she apparently assumed I did.
Separated into three sections ("Reading," about books and authors, "Seeing," about movies, art, dance, and photography, and "There and Here," about identity and travel), this book is a collage of countless ideas and subjects.
I can't give this book 5 stars, if only because there were multiple points of frustration and boredom, but I can't say it was bad because of the parts that blew my mind. Sontag says that "No book is worth reading once if it is not worth reading many times," and I would disagree. This book was worth reading once.
I dearly wish I was a famous writer, if only so I could write elaborate essays about random artists or situations I was interested in. If you are going to go on this journey Sontag dragged me along on, please have Wikipedia open in your browser. I did not have the level of knowledge that she apparently assumed I did.
Separated into three sections ("Reading," about books and authors, "Seeing," about movies, art, dance, and photography, and "There and Here," about identity and travel), this book is a collage of countless ideas and subjects.
I can't give this book 5 stars, if only because there were multiple points of frustration and boredom, but I can't say it was bad because of the parts that blew my mind. Sontag says that "No book is worth reading once if it is not worth reading many times," and I would disagree. This book was worth reading once.
tajeip's review against another edition
4.0
The writing was five stars (or more), but I just wasn’t that interested in some of the subjects (e.g. dance, photography)
lunarcicles's review against another edition
5.0
I really liked it. This lady is somebody I’m gonna pay more attention to.