summer135 's review for:

3.0
informative reflective relaxing slow-paced

this was my first joan didion book and not necessarily what i was expecting. didion’s writing is keen and dry, and beautifully done.
however, i feel a lapse in emotion, which is most likely intentional, but just made it difficult for me to connect with and tune into the text. some essays were phenomenal and vibrant, others i found myself just bored. 

the standout essays for me were: 
some dreamers of the golden dream, on keeping a notebook, on morality, and goodbye to all that.