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A review by cctheunicorn
Night Moves by Jessica Hopper
2.0
2.5
I’m rating this quite low considering I didn’t have a bad time reading it. I do think this is a book for a very niche audience. I went in expecting an essay collection about music, and Chicago (which is my fault for not reading the blurb carefully enough) but it’s journal entries. I’ve never been to Chicago and was a fair bit younger than the author in the time she’s writing about, journal entries didn’t lend much description of places or the pop culture at this time which is a prevalent part of this collection. So this didn’t really work for me but I think if you grew up in the same place and at the same time as the author this would probably be a fun read. I did feel nostalgia for a memories and events that I’ve obviously never experienced, which it credit to the writing.
I’m rating this quite low considering I didn’t have a bad time reading it. I do think this is a book for a very niche audience. I went in expecting an essay collection about music, and Chicago (which is my fault for not reading the blurb carefully enough) but it’s journal entries. I’ve never been to Chicago and was a fair bit younger than the author in the time she’s writing about, journal entries didn’t lend much description of places or the pop culture at this time which is a prevalent part of this collection. So this didn’t really work for me but I think if you grew up in the same place and at the same time as the author this would probably be a fun read. I did feel nostalgia for a memories and events that I’ve obviously never experienced, which it credit to the writing.