3.75 AVERAGE


More like spoken word than a “nonfiction essay”

"I'm here because I was born here and thus ruined for anything else…"
inspiring reflective fast-paced
lighthearted reflective fast-paced
funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

If you have ever lived in New York, visited New York, loved New York, hated New York, daydreamed about New York...you need to read this book.
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DID NOT FINISH: 11%

dense, pretentious, boring

Great book to start the year with. The essays and mini stories are really fun to read. More observations and steam of consciousness thoughts, than meaningful elements. When you take the totality though, it really tells a story of New York City and what it's like to be there in various times, settings and functions.

*making j*rk-*ff motion* WE get it, you have a THING for New YORK City!!

I know this came out much closer to 9/11 and the cultural relationship to the city was much different, but still.
reflective slow-paced