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Really good but also really sad. Lots of essays specifically about losing his wife very young.
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I thought this book was great. I love how the author writes about his wife, how much he loved her and dealing with the grief he felt without her, as well as about the connections to music in his life and relationships. I intend to go back and listen to all the songs on the mix tapes.
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i think this has easily become one of my favorite books ever. I love that Rob Sheffield talks about music as if its alive, because it is ! when he talks about listening to a song that he can never share with renee, its a melancholic feeling hard to describe and yet does it perfectly. music is powerful and love is a mixtape. thank you, rob. i loved it
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In the words used in Rent: "A bittersweet, evocative song". The story of finding Love and having that Love be stolen away by death and "simply being" in the aftermath intertwined with the music which makes that possible.
i hardly ever write reviews for anything, but i felt this book was deserving. i first read this book around 2-3 years ago. going into reading it, i genuinely had no idea what the main premise of the book was except for the fact that it had to do with music (which was obvious due to it being written by rob sheffield and the title as well) and that harry styles was photographed with it once (i was a diehard fan at the time). i truly did not expect the book to have such a deep impact on me. the way rob chronicles his life with renee and the impact of music on their relationship was astonishing. he writes with such emotional punch without any of it being cheesy. the moment i finished this book i knew it would be my favorite for a very long time. sheffield said it best; “it was a smashing time, and then it ended, because that’s what times do.”