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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
I think one of the bigger regrets I have so far in life is not discovering Joan didion until my 30s. Her prose is just so gorgeous and her writing is just comforting. Here, she writes about a trip she took to the South and it felt so authentic that I felt like I was really there. I could actually smell the food and hear the accents. And she paints such a vivid portrait of the people she meets and the ways they interact with her.
It’s a rare writer who can do this kind of reporting and really immerse you in their subject. Didion does and that’s why she’s a national treasure and an author that I have grown so fond of. I can’t wait to read more of her works. I’ve been loving the ones I’ve read so far.
It’s a rare writer who can do this kind of reporting and really immerse you in their subject. Didion does and that’s why she’s a national treasure and an author that I have grown so fond of. I can’t wait to read more of her works. I’ve been loving the ones I’ve read so far.
good on its own but very interesting in conversation with Coates
adventurous
funny
reflective
fast-paced
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
3.5**
Joan Didion's beautiful writing on a post Jim-Crow South and the Patty Hearst trials
Joan Didion's beautiful writing on a post Jim-Crow South and the Patty Hearst trials
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Perhaps the worst work I have read by didion
Maybe this didn't need to be published, was my initial thought--but I admit that some of the scenes and descriptions have lingered. Grr, Joan, you're frustratingly talented despite your snobbish ways.