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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
"I didn't know what to do without Renée. I didn't know what I was. I didn't have a noun."
This is a heartbreaking story doused with a lot of love and happy times. Some parts were a bit cheesy, but the mix tape chapter headers were a fun touch. I appreciate Sheffield sharing this difficult part of his life and how he coped.
This is a heartbreaking story doused with a lot of love and happy times. Some parts were a bit cheesy, but the mix tape chapter headers were a fun touch. I appreciate Sheffield sharing this difficult part of his life and how he coped.
so beautiful and REAL! Makes me wanna make even more playlists than I already do and just hand them out left and right to all the people I love.
Heartwarming and relatable to anyone who's been in love, lost love, or uses music as a coping mechanism. Loved it.
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
The universe truly has a way of delivering to me exactly what I need when I need it, and this book is a perfect example of that.
I'm a sucker for a good mix tape, so reading about Sheffield's mixes was pretty entertaining. But the story of his wife was really the best part for me. He made me feel like I knew Renee, and she would be someone I'd be friends with. When I got to The Sad Part, it hit me hard, even though I knew it was coming. There's plenty of humor throughout the book as well, sometimes dark but often just clever and fun. Overall, a really enjoyable example of creative nonfiction.
You can tell he's a Rolling Stones writer. This thing just moves, even though he and I don't have the same music taste and I wasn't sure how much I'd like reading about mix tapes for an entire book. Although it may not become my favorite book, it was worth the read.
Not quite as lighthearted as Talking to Girls about Duran Duran but I still really enjoyed this book. Rob Sheffield has an encyclopedic knowledge of all music and the way he relates every life experience to a song is beautiful. I'm not terribly familiar with music from the early nineties, so I feel that was a bit of an impediment to me really LOVING this book, but it was still a very worthwhile read.
I don't know why giving a book 3 stars feels like smacking it in the face, when in reality "I liked it" is exactly how I felt about this book.
There were some very good moments, but a lot of weird-meandering-nowhere moments that knocked it down.
There were some very good moments, but a lot of weird-meandering-nowhere moments that knocked it down.