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A review by kpanagod
South and West: From a Notebook by Joan Didion
3.0
I was gonna give this 4 stars but I feel like that’s too generous considering I was bored for most of the time reading this.
I loved Didion’s writing, it’s so beautiful and captivating but this book has so many longggg quotes from other people and I feel like I would’ve rather heard Didion’s summary and analysis of the subjects rather than reading so much direct quotation. The best parts of the book are Didion’s witty insights, but the majority of the book consists of notes about specific places, dates, names, etc. However, I understand that this is technically a notebook and I don’t entirely hate it because it gave me a good sample of her writing style.
I’m inclined to read more of her work because I adored her writing and I feel like this book didn’t have quite enough of it.
I loved Didion’s writing, it’s so beautiful and captivating but this book has so many longggg quotes from other people and I feel like I would’ve rather heard Didion’s summary and analysis of the subjects rather than reading so much direct quotation. The best parts of the book are Didion’s witty insights, but the majority of the book consists of notes about specific places, dates, names, etc. However, I understand that this is technically a notebook and I don’t entirely hate it because it gave me a good sample of her writing style.
I’m inclined to read more of her work because I adored her writing and I feel like this book didn’t have quite enough of it.