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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
challenging
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Interesting but repetitive narratives about men behaving badly.
The examples given are mostly old or dead men; Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, Roman Polanski and Woody Allen.
The chapter on Vladimir Nabokov, author of Lolita, asks the question was he a “monster” or just writing about one.
Of course, there are no specific answers. Just general acknowledgment that bad things happen. Apparently the public can separate the “artist” from the bad behavior.
The author drifts into a memoir as it ends.
Listened to audio. Book club selection.
The examples given are mostly old or dead men; Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, Roman Polanski and Woody Allen.
The chapter on Vladimir Nabokov, author of Lolita, asks the question was he a “monster” or just writing about one.
Of course, there are no specific answers. Just general acknowledgment that bad things happen. Apparently the public can separate the “artist” from the bad behavior.
The author drifts into a memoir as it ends.
Listened to audio. Book club selection.
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
medium-paced
informative
reflective
fast-paced
Mind blown by this masterpiece. Contradictory ideas can both be true and then throw in personal history and emotional connections and how can anyone judge anything? It’s ideas like this that made me think and examine some people i love. She wove memoir and social history and art criticism in ways that sang. If there were six stars to give, yep.
dark
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
About 20% through this book and so far no real start to answering the question the book is based on.
A lot of other reviews share this sentiment and how Claire gives a more personal approach, which I have definitely noticed.
The 50 or so pages I have read haven’t been bad just not what I wanted from the book, and given other reviews seen to suggest that this won’t change I thought I’d quit while I was ahead so I can move onto something more fulfilling from start to finish
A lot of other reviews share this sentiment and how Claire gives a more personal approach, which I have definitely noticed.
The 50 or so pages I have read haven’t been bad just not what I wanted from the book, and given other reviews seen to suggest that this won’t change I thought I’d quit while I was ahead so I can move onto something more fulfilling from start to finish
informative
reflective
medium-paced