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loreleifae 's review for:
This Is Ear Hustle: Unflinching Stories of Everyday Prison Life
by Nigel Poor, Earlonne Woods
TLDR: Just listen to the podcast.
The stories in the book are really interesting, raw, and compelling. However, the book is largely written as a series of interviews largely transcribed word for word, many taken directly from the podcast. That format works great as a podcast, but isn't particularly riveting to read as words on a page. Additionally the book talks about the podcast, and its impact on the authors, a lot.
I love Ear Hustle. I think it's one of the best podcasts out there and everyone should listen. However, reading the book mostly just made me feel that the authors should stick to the podcast, because I didn't think it worked great as a book.
Despite my unhappiness with the format and style of the book I did still think the stories contained within were worthwhile, and I did enjoy it at times, hence the 3 stars.
The stories in the book are really interesting, raw, and compelling. However, the book is largely written as a series of interviews largely transcribed word for word, many taken directly from the podcast. That format works great as a podcast, but isn't particularly riveting to read as words on a page. Additionally the book talks about the podcast, and its impact on the authors, a lot.
I love Ear Hustle. I think it's one of the best podcasts out there and everyone should listen. However, reading the book mostly just made me feel that the authors should stick to the podcast, because I didn't think it worked great as a book.
Despite my unhappiness with the format and style of the book I did still think the stories contained within were worthwhile, and I did enjoy it at times, hence the 3 stars.