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A review by moonbeammckenna
Just Kids by Patti Smith
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
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this is a very important book in the way of expression alone -- I can tell that every word came directly from Smith's soul and the pages are laced with a longing and perspective that I couldn't totally grasp but resonated with me anyway. also, this is a prime example of how to write an Ode To piece; the relationship between Patti and Robert is tangible and she speaks of him with such admiration that I can't imagine him being anything less than saintly.
that said, a lot of it reads as a log of all the famous people Smith has met and the clothes she wore doing it. it skipped around a bit too much; each new paragraph introduced someone important to Smith and yet they were always gone by the end of the page. I just wish it were more like a story, not a romanticized diary. I suppose you can only do so much when the event in question is 40 years in the past, though.
this is a very important book in the way of expression alone -- I can tell that every word came directly from Smith's soul and the pages are laced with a longing and perspective that I couldn't totally grasp but resonated with me anyway. also, this is a prime example of how to write an Ode To piece; the relationship between Patti and Robert is tangible and she speaks of him with such admiration that I can't imagine him being anything less than saintly.
that said, a lot of it reads as a log of all the famous people Smith has met and the clothes she wore doing it. it skipped around a bit too much; each new paragraph introduced someone important to Smith and yet they were always gone by the end of the page. I just wish it were more like a story, not a romanticized diary. I suppose you can only do so much when the event in question is 40 years in the past, though.