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Ross (3284 KP) rated Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen in Music

Jul 8, 2020

Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen

1975 | Compilation

8.4

(7 Ratings)

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Rolling Stone's 18th greatest album of all time

Decent Springsteen album, vying with Born in the USA to be his best. This listen was poisoned a little for me as some of my neighbours have had occasional parties during lockdown where the title track has been played at full volume with accompanying drunken "singing" at 2am (though this was annoying, it was followed by the sound of utter confusion when they next played the album version of Bat Out of Hell, with the piano solo and several minutes of extra avant garde music and an extra verse they weren't expecting). A decent listen.

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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated The Trouble with Goats and Sheep in Books

Jul 27, 2017

A nice message but gets lost in confusion

The best part of this read was the author's afterword explaining how she wanted to highlight the stigma of mental health. Unfortunately it's hard to decipher that clearly in the book with a few wishy washy themes of religion and racism, and a heavy focus on gossipping neighbours.

The 10-year-old protagonist and her friend Tilly are heroes attempting to sleuth their way into finding the missing Mrs Creasey and as much as I wanted the entire book to be from their perspective, we were lost in the haze of irritating adults. A nice idea but not quite there.