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nick_at_nite's review
3.0
HST’s version of a memoir strings together musings, memos, letters, interviews, and short form recollections to make a kaleidoscope of politics, drug abuse, and unrealized slights to settle the score. Uneven but never boring.
upbeatmick's review
4.0
The foreword's warning that Hunter flirts between truth and fiction should be heeded well, but it makes the book no less enjoyable. The note of despair that runs through the book is sad, especially in light of what has happened in the world since. There are still plenty of hilarious, provocative chunks to be had - "Fear and Loathing in Elko" is truly hilarious.
agingerg's review
3.0
What I liked most about this book was Thompson's uninhibited response to life's realities- open with the confusion, absurdity and simple beauty of life.
pg 42. "Although I don't feel that it's all necessary to tell you how I feel about the principle of individuality, know that I'm going to spend the rest of my life expressing it one way or another".
pg 42. "Although I don't feel that it's all necessary to tell you how I feel about the principle of individuality, know that I'm going to spend the rest of my life expressing it one way or another".