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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I received this book as a present from my husband. I really enjoyed it; although it is not your normal novel. At times the story is very dark. Sometimes the chapters seem to be little vignettes. Yet, somehow they all tie in at the end. This is not something I would ordinarily choose to read, but I am glad I did.
You don't have to be a once-been-has-been punk rocker to read this or like this or be scared shitless by this because no matter who you are youth is a funny, fleeting thing. You will never feel young enough in the moment. A decade passes and you miss that youth and get all nostalgic. And STILL you fail to recognize your current youth until another decade passes and you do the same damn thing.
One day you're snorting coke lines off a young girl's rear end.
One day you're lying in a bed using a bedpan.
See?
Liked it but didn't love it but was practically forced to think and to admire the writing.
That is until the end, where I think it took a nosedive. Like that moment when you leap off the stage to crowd surf, but you're the only one participating.
One day you're snorting coke lines off a young girl's rear end.
One day you're lying in a bed using a bedpan.
See?
Liked it but didn't love it but was practically forced to think and to admire the writing.
That is until the end, where I think it took a nosedive. Like that moment when you leap off the stage to crowd surf, but you're the only one participating.
I really don't see why this book was hyped so very much. The chapters I enjoyed were Xs and Os, which discussed concepts of experiential reality; Great Rock and Roll Pauses, which was told in PowerPoint, but was more interesting because of the musical conceptual study of pauses in rock and roll; and the final chapter, Pure Language, because it is particularly academic in nature about language and its evolution in contemporary American society.
The only character I felt anything for was Bennie, and I found the other characters particularly flat and uninteresting. The chronology of the story was somewhat interesting, but not enough to overshadow the fact that it didn't deliver enough of the punk scene as I anticipated it would.
The only character I felt anything for was Bennie, and I found the other characters particularly flat and uninteresting. The chronology of the story was somewhat interesting, but not enough to overshadow the fact that it didn't deliver enough of the punk scene as I anticipated it would.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I loved the first 2/3 of the book but I did not like the ending, very unsatisfying.
This wasn't a "can't put it down" novel, yet it was a novel that really stayed with me. Because each chapter is told in from a different character, in a different time period and I found it took me a few pages in each chapter to find my footing. But after reading, I found myself going back to different characters, wondering about them, and I would recommend this to others.
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The last chapter is very strange and doesn’t match the rest of the book.
hopeful
fast-paced
challenging
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes