A review by lisaxq
Love Is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield

5.0

Others have said this book is overly sentimental, but considering the subject I don't think that's a bad thing. Sheffield is writing about love and loss after all and so how could he not be sentimental. I found this book to be incredibly real, sweet and touching. Others have found the book repetitive, I did not. All the music references were a bonus, and yes maybe some songs are repeated on his mix tapes, but who has never put the same song on more than one mix? I really liked the music parts because like Sheffield and like a lot of people, music is a big part of my life and I often associate songs or old mix tapes/CD's with people, places and specific moments. And like Sheffield music is what brought me and my husband together, so this book was right up my alley. I didn't feel like Sheffield romanticized events too much, which most of us are prone to do when we're looking on the past. I felt like he tried to be as honest as he could which I feel took a lot of courage. He wanted to share something real, a tiny part of his life, which some people might find self-indulgent but which I found fascinating and inspiring; not because he's Rob Sheffield Rolling Stone writer and VH1 commentator, but because he's human just like you and me.