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I am aware that I can't objectively review this. I'm a fan of almost all of Tweedy's work so I was almost guaranteed to like this.
What was unexpected, however, is how vulnerable and humble Tweedy sounds in this. There's so much about his family and friends - it almost feels like the outline for a novel at times - that we learn more about who Tweedy is through those people than we would if he'd simply dropped a bunch of names and accomplishments on us.
I've seen this guy act like an asshole (and heard the stories) but at no point in this book do you think he didn't love everyone around him, flaws and all. He's either really good at "spin" or this is truth. I'm going with the latter.
I have to mention that Let's Go is also really fucking funny. Like laugh-out-loud funny. Or maybe he's just being ironic. Laugh-out-loud ironic? I'm not sure.
Here's the tough part though - I don't know how non-fans will feel about this. I think it might come across as, dare I say it, boring. If you aren't connecting the dots to Tweedy's lyrics and poems I'm not sure that it would be as interesting. I mean, if he doesn't already mean something to you, you're just reading about some person's life. But then again - sometimes that's all you need.
What was unexpected, however, is how vulnerable and humble Tweedy sounds in this. There's so much about his family and friends - it almost feels like the outline for a novel at times - that we learn more about who Tweedy is through those people than we would if he'd simply dropped a bunch of names and accomplishments on us.
I've seen this guy act like an asshole (and heard the stories) but at no point in this book do you think he didn't love everyone around him, flaws and all. He's either really good at "spin" or this is truth. I'm going with the latter.
I have to mention that Let's Go is also really fucking funny. Like laugh-out-loud funny. Or maybe he's just being ironic. Laugh-out-loud ironic? I'm not sure.
Here's the tough part though - I don't know how non-fans will feel about this. I think it might come across as, dare I say it, boring. If you aren't connecting the dots to Tweedy's lyrics and poems I'm not sure that it would be as interesting. I mean, if he doesn't already mean something to you, you're just reading about some person's life. But then again - sometimes that's all you need.