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I really enjoyed reading this, but it was quite a mixed bag. I loved knowing exactly where the works were talking about (especially the particular pylon and the back of the Round Chapel). I felt, however, that a lot of the works were lacking in a lot of context or explanation. Like what the heck was going on in a lot of them? I felt thrown in the deep end quite often and I really struggled to understand the storyline or even the point of them. It was often hard to tell whether stories were factual or fiction (maybe it doesn't matter but I kind of wanted to know). Furthermore, I felt a definite masculine stamp on a number of the stories, which always sits a bit weirdly with me.
There were a couple I simply loved and these are as follows:
Rivers of Change - Nell Frizzell
Dalston Lane - Daniel Kramb
Alevism and Hackney - Natalie Hardwick
Electric Blue - Anita Ostrowska
The Finest Store - Kit Caless
Suki’s Cherry - Georgia Myers
I feel like I would definitely recommend this book, but only to other Hackneyites, and with the proviso that not all of the works are all that enjoyable. I loved the whole idea of it, however. I also liked that it was arranged by place, which meant I could really understand where I was.
There were a couple I simply loved and these are as follows:
Rivers of Change - Nell Frizzell
Dalston Lane - Daniel Kramb
Alevism and Hackney - Natalie Hardwick
Electric Blue - Anita Ostrowska
The Finest Store - Kit Caless
Suki’s Cherry - Georgia Myers
I feel like I would definitely recommend this book, but only to other Hackneyites, and with the proviso that not all of the works are all that enjoyable. I loved the whole idea of it, however. I also liked that it was arranged by place, which meant I could really understand where I was.
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