frankkiet 's review for:

Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London by Lauren Elkin

3.0

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This book read like a dauntingly long college senor thesis. It is written by a college professor, so that makes sense. I had to push myself to get through some parts, they were so drawn out and detailed that I felt like I was reading a paper where someone was writing pointlessly to fill a page quota. I usually don't like well-off people writing about pseudo struggles in the "real world." But it seemed to be the only time the author's writing was interesting and sometimes almost poetic. I was actually interested in her bougie lifestyle. And I liked when she talked in a personal or admirable manner towards the women she wrote about. But why does she need to describe every scene of an entire movie when references will do? If she can write well about a movie in reference to her topic, then I'll watch it. I don't appreciate having to power through a play by play of every blink of the actors.