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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Just Kids in Books

Aug 17, 2017

Just Kids

Patti Smith | 2014 | Biography

8.3

(4 Ratings)

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Mesmerising memoir of the 1970s art scene

I was worried that this was another overhyped autobiography of another self-congratulating artist. But I was proved totally wrong. Patti Smith is truly unique and interesting, having had a life of hardship living on the streets to living with a partner equally mixed up, to engaging in a world that was the founding of America's modern art scene. More than the meandering, wonderful, dark tales is her liquid prose. She's not only an inspired poet but a fantastic all-round writer. She was known for all of her relationships with famous men, but this is about the one man who mattered the most. Well worth all of the awards.

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David McK (3835 KP) rated Dead Witch Walking (The Hollows, #1) in Books

Jan 30, 2019

The first in Kim Harriosn's Rachel Morgan series of books, I found that, while the novel has a nice conceit, this book is actually quite hard to get into and was a little on the slow side. I think this is due, in part, to the dense prose used throughout: there were more than a few occasions where I caught myself wondering if I had previously missed something, and ended up skimming back to see if I actually had or not.

On the plus side, the world it is set in feels pretty 'real', the charcters (even the villains) are all pretty well developed, and it sets itself up well for the inevitable sequels.