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A review by mark_cc
Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall by Tim Mohr
3.0
I didn't intend to finish this on the Wall falling anniversary, but that's just how German efficiency works out sometimes I guess.
I had two main issues with this book:
1) The prose reads like the author was constantly trying to establish his punk bona fides; profanity-as-punctuation and the like. It is a little jarring when I thought I'd be reading an historical account.
2) The thesis of the book seemed to promise a story of how the punk movement was integral, and I never got exactly that sense. It seemed more punks being among a hodge-podge coalition of outsider groups. Maybe I missed something because there were too many characters to keep straight.
I had two main issues with this book:
1) The prose reads like the author was constantly trying to establish his punk bona fides; profanity-as-punctuation and the like. It is a little jarring when I thought I'd be reading an historical account.
2) The thesis of the book seemed to promise a story of how the punk movement was integral, and I never got exactly that sense. It seemed more punks being among a hodge-podge coalition of outsider groups. Maybe I missed something because there were too many characters to keep straight.