A review by ethihoff
Fear of Music by Jonathan Lethem

3.0

There was a whole lot of purple prose and word salad for a long while in this book. The first half more or less was a whole lot of words without saying much at all, and it was kinda all over the place. But, despite some unfortunate shade thrown at Electric Guitar, the second half was really interesting as he began incorporating more history into his essays on each song. I also really enjoyed the mini-chapters between each song asking “is Fear of Music a ______ album?” all of which were pretty good questions!