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A review by valealle23
Miami by Joan Didion
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
pretty good, mixed ish feelings. i like the beginning a lot, it gives a snapshot of miami in the 80s. so much is left over today but it’s also a completely different world. i loved reading ab the venetian pool; it seems like a portal where nothing has changed in either decade. really interesting tho - i didn’t realize how much of a racist past coral gables has. made me take a second look at george merrick and merrick park(s)
learning more ab cuba and cubans in the 60s-80s in miami was pretty interesting. there’s sm ab my city that i had no idea about.
however i do think that it kinda dragged on and that the same thing could be said in half the amount of pages. it got so repetitive that it got kinda annoying to read. i love didion’s writing style but the sentence length got too long at times when it could be cut with nothing lost. other than tho didion does an amazing job w the imagery and the character portraits. her matter-of-fact way of presenting the info reminds me of eyal press in dirty work
love the ending - definitely think that reagan’s quote sums up didion’s point on american arrogance and lack of consequences.
learning more ab cuba and cubans in the 60s-80s in miami was pretty interesting. there’s sm ab my city that i had no idea about.
however i do think that it kinda dragged on and that the same thing could be said in half the amount of pages. it got so repetitive that it got kinda annoying to read. i love didion’s writing style but the sentence length got too long at times when it could be cut with nothing lost. other than tho didion does an amazing job w the imagery and the character portraits. her matter-of-fact way of presenting the info reminds me of eyal press in dirty work
love the ending - definitely think that reagan’s quote sums up didion’s point on american arrogance and lack of consequences.