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garagehymns's review against another edition
4.0
Informative and interesting. Dry patches but the description of the more sordid bits was enough to keep me going.
allzen_nochill's review against another edition
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3.5
Frank Owens really fancies himself as one of the last gonzo journalists. His account of the inner financial workings of Peter Gatien's nightclubs and the drug rings inside of them is thorough and impeccable, but I can tell he really is more interested in the mafioso angle than the sociological phenomena of the 90s queer scene. I wished this was more about the actual club kids than the white guy puppetmasters, but without the puppetmasters the kids would not have K. James St. James' account is a must-read companion to this one if you want a more fleshed-out vision of Clubland.
aklr82's review against another edition
3.0
Overall, I liked it. The author had some petty biases he aimed to get across--it made the story feel a bit less professional, and some of the language felt contrived, but it was pretty interesting.
bigboobs's review against another edition
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3.75
electricflowers's review
3.0
Starts out very well, but suffers from too much detail and drags towards the end. It might have been better if Owen hadn't tried to document everything and focused one storyline.
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