185 reviews for:

Where I Was from

Joan Didion

3.79 AVERAGE

clendorie's review against another edition

4.5

informative reflective

ishbelalice's review against another edition

5.0

informative reflective slow-paced

hmholmes19's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective fast-paced

kayleejoon's review against another edition

5.0

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

rex_tugwell's review against another edition

4.5

informative reflective medium-paced

aidanpike's review against another edition

4.25

reflective medium-paced

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Joan Didion turns a book about herself into a reflective nonfiction about California as a whole and her childhood in the central valley of California.  

sarahparsonian's review against another edition

4.5

emotional informative reflective

juvation's review against another edition

5.0

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this is the California history everyone should read. and of course beautifully written by the artist herself. wow.

(i know so little about writers that i thought she was French! turns out she's from Sacramento.)

anakevorkian's review against another edition

5.0

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talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique. joan didion is the blueprint

taraxhardy's review against another edition

3.0

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3.5...3.75?? I'm torn! I had a hard time getting into the beginning about the original California settlers, though I know it was necessary for her to provide that context to drive the whole message of the book. I thought the description of Lakewood in particular was fascinating and really brought out the journalistic voice that is so iconically Didion.