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A review by benedettal
Slow Days, Fast Company. The World, the Flesh, and L.A. by Eve Babitz
5.0
I know I’ve already said this about the previous book I reviewed (weird fucks) but I really wish I could have written this book. Eve Babitz seems to have lived life at its very fullest and she had a nearly unmatched talent at telling the tale. I loved Eve’s Hollywood, but I loved this even more.
The framing of recounting her romances to a current lover, while not being particularly overbearing on the narrative, adds just the tiniest bit of spice, like I love the idea of doing that and also can totally relate. Plus her life is just exceptional, and I love her LA. It’s so romantic and free, everyone is wild but happy, also weird coincidence but this is the second book I’ve read this month where the woman dates a “gay” (obviously bi) man, seems like that was all the rage in the 60s.
I just wish I could have lived a life like that, so it’s nice to at least read about it. And Eve Babitz is such a great writer, she’s so witty and has such a knack for telling good stories. So sad I’m about to run out of books written by her.
The framing of recounting her romances to a current lover, while not being particularly overbearing on the narrative, adds just the tiniest bit of spice, like I love the idea of doing that and also can totally relate. Plus her life is just exceptional, and I love her LA. It’s so romantic and free, everyone is wild but happy, also weird coincidence but this is the second book I’ve read this month where the woman dates a “gay” (obviously bi) man, seems like that was all the rage in the 60s.
I just wish I could have lived a life like that, so it’s nice to at least read about it. And Eve Babitz is such a great writer, she’s so witty and has such a knack for telling good stories. So sad I’m about to run out of books written by her.