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A review by boygirlparty
Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division by Peter Hook
4.0
I've been a book rut.
I had been reading this one for months and it was sluggish to say the least. I felt like Hook made too many references to bands I've never heard of, clubs that were just names, SO MANY PEOPLE, rather than try to communicate the era to someone who didn't already know everything about it.
After months (and unfruitfully traveling to Alaska with this one!) I put the book down, read something else, and when I back picked it up, it was incidentally a turning point in this one and I couldn't put it down. So, Something like 2-3 stars for the first 1/2, 5 stars for the 2nd half and I'll be generous here and average it up to four because the book design is fantastic, black edge painting and all.
I had been reading this one for months and it was sluggish to say the least. I felt like Hook made too many references to bands I've never heard of, clubs that were just names, SO MANY PEOPLE, rather than try to communicate the era to someone who didn't already know everything about it.
After months (and unfruitfully traveling to Alaska with this one!) I put the book down, read something else, and when I back picked it up, it was incidentally a turning point in this one and I couldn't put it down. So, Something like 2-3 stars for the first 1/2, 5 stars for the 2nd half and I'll be generous here and average it up to four because the book design is fantastic, black edge painting and all.