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zbmorgan's review against another edition
4.0
I missed the nineties. I mean, I was alive, but I was working, getting married, and nursing a parent through cancer and then losing the other one as well- and I suspect most of the world was similarly distracted. Klosterman to the rescue - in humorous and insightful essays he’ll tell you exactly why this period was so impactful and why is didn’t start or end when you might think. The way he weaves so subtly from one subject to another is masterful.
celiarl's review against another edition
I didn’t feel like I was getting anything much out of this & it was beginning to feel like a burden. To the little free library we go 😊
mycurrentbookshelf's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
4.0
charlietuna92's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars
This book is less of a novel and more like a series of random essays with the unifying topic of “The 90s”. This social and historical look at the decade covers a little bit of everything: Ross Perot, Nirvana, the rise of indie filmmakers, being a “sellout,” Division I college football, the rise of the internet, Dolly the Sheep, Michael Jordan, Clinton, and more.
Though it was an interesting look at the decade I was born in, and I definitely learned about things I didn’t know before, I found it to be a bit sesquipedalian - Klosterman makes some fascinating observations, but sometimes his reliance on needlessly complex vocabulary made some of his points harder to understand.
That being said I did enjoy the look at the decade as a whole, and I learned things about certain events and people that I didn’t know previously. A good overview, but it did take me a bit longer to read than it should have since it just didn’t pull me in.
This book is less of a novel and more like a series of random essays with the unifying topic of “The 90s”. This social and historical look at the decade covers a little bit of everything: Ross Perot, Nirvana, the rise of indie filmmakers, being a “sellout,” Division I college football, the rise of the internet, Dolly the Sheep, Michael Jordan, Clinton, and more.
Though it was an interesting look at the decade I was born in, and I definitely learned about things I didn’t know before, I found it to be a bit sesquipedalian - Klosterman makes some fascinating observations, but sometimes his reliance on needlessly complex vocabulary made some of his points harder to understand.
That being said I did enjoy the look at the decade as a whole, and I learned things about certain events and people that I didn’t know previously. A good overview, but it did take me a bit longer to read than it should have since it just didn’t pull me in.
erinkolb's review against another edition
5.0
I didn't want to this to end. Such a fascinating look at a decade I mostly remember. Would highly recommend the audiobook.
kimaiya222's review against another edition
slow-paced
3.0
It’s an interesting and well written book about the nineties. I found it fascinating because I know very little and I wanted to learn about the major things that happened. He has some very good points that I never think about often: the transition of society into feminism and thoughts about racism, how video stores transformed the media industry. Things used to be just for entertainment instead of money and a formulaic function. He discusses the internet and how we have nostalgia for things that we used to have even though much hasn’t changed. I enjoyed how he compared the sudden use of cellphone to when card became mainstream. It’s an interesting thought point. America was heavily involved in a nineties Russian election?? Excuse me?? The past is not merely a foreign country. The past is an alternate cosmos. Overall a solid book about how we view nostalgia and the past through rosy glasses. We can only view the past through the present.