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A review by caitminch
Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division by Peter Hook
5.0
there's this really horrible feeling you get in your chest when you reach the last third of this book. obviously you know what's going to happen, because it's a real recount of joy division and you know what happens to joy division because you're a fan and its basic cultural knowledge. but still you find yourself hoping that somehow things are going to go differently - you're so invested in hook's life and the silly stories of the band and how promising their future was. you can't bear the thought of it being over so quickly.
written by peter hook, this book isn't anywhere near being high brow literature. there's a lot of questionable tangents and petty snide comments towards people. regardless, it's mostly fun (some moments had me genuinely laughing out loud, definitely amplified by hook's informal tone and northern slang) and, as someone who's knowledge of joy division barely spanned further than the 2006 film control, i learned a lot.
definitely a book for any fan of joy division, whether their interest is casual or hardcore.
written by peter hook, this book isn't anywhere near being high brow literature. there's a lot of questionable tangents and petty snide comments towards people. regardless, it's mostly fun (some moments had me genuinely laughing out loud, definitely amplified by hook's informal tone and northern slang) and, as someone who's knowledge of joy division barely spanned further than the 2006 film control, i learned a lot.
definitely a book for any fan of joy division, whether their interest is casual or hardcore.