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jonmichaelnoise's Reviews (149)
challenging
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I was delighted at the puzzle nature of the book, but some of joy of puzzle solving would be muted by the author just laying out explicitly the solution shortly after having put it together. Still a good time, and am still considering setting up a spreadsheet, or maybe some red string.
informative
fast-paced
At first I was confused by the scope of the book (seemingly this is mostly Southern Ontario bands from the 00’s so why is Gob here? No offense to Gob who I like), and I was a bit stung that my favorite Canadian punk bands weren’t being included.
But aside from the bands I knew I’d be happy to read about, some of them I was happy to learn about, and I was happy that my beloved bands like CBK, Propagandhi and Cancer Bats did get little side blurbs.
In the end, the book won me over.
But aside from the bands I knew I’d be happy to read about, some of them I was happy to learn about, and I was happy that my beloved bands like CBK, Propagandhi and Cancer Bats did get little side blurbs.
In the end, the book won me over.
emotional
funny
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
informative
medium-paced
When David Lynch refuses in an interview to elaborate on the meaning of his films in an interview, it’s a funny and admirable soundbite and meme.
When he largely refuses to do so in a biography/autobiography that’s a few hundred pages to read and entirely structured around his career of making his movies, it’s less endearing.
The half he didn’t write feels like a straightforward, well researched and fact checked set of Wikipedia articles. Solid, no issues. The half he did, reacting on the other half, is neat in theory. But it largely is Lynch repeating the same stories, and the parts he disagrees with are mostly on inconsequential details.
Maybe it’s on me to expect David Lynch to talk about himself after a whole life of refusing to do so, but I walked away from this book not feeling any differently than I did before.
When he largely refuses to do so in a biography/autobiography that’s a few hundred pages to read and entirely structured around his career of making his movies, it’s less endearing.
The half he didn’t write feels like a straightforward, well researched and fact checked set of Wikipedia articles. Solid, no issues. The half he did, reacting on the other half, is neat in theory. But it largely is Lynch repeating the same stories, and the parts he disagrees with are mostly on inconsequential details.
Maybe it’s on me to expect David Lynch to talk about himself after a whole life of refusing to do so, but I walked away from this book not feeling any differently than I did before.
funny
informative
medium-paced
A thoughtful (and sometimes funny) book for someone new to the field of biblical scholarship.
I respect that the author stays mostly on point and sticks with the data, so to speak, rather than what we should do with the results, which of course is what my brain kept screaming at after multiple chapters.
I respect that the author stays mostly on point and sticks with the data, so to speak, rather than what we should do with the results, which of course is what my brain kept screaming at after multiple chapters.
emotional
funny
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
challenging
dark
inspiring
medium-paced
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
We roast the ones we love.
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
As a fellow “got diagnosed with autism in adulthood”, I was in lock step with the author’s thought processes all the way through, even as they took her to very different places in life than mine. That she’s a skilled comedian is a bonus to be sure, but it was so refreshing to read someone’s account of autism and go “ya that sounds about right.”