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Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon

mattrw88's review against another edition

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3.0

3 Stars

racheltanza's review

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This was an odd one for me. I think Kim Gordon is so cool and her life is so interesting, but I also didn’t connect with her that much here (which is honestly how I feel about Sonic Youth). Glad I read though!

bimmbles's review

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3.0

Never not going to love a music memoir. Even though I did feel like Gordon's reflections stuck to the facts and stayed on the surface of things more than I was anticipating, I still gobbled this up happily.

alexsmallwood's review

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4.0

really huge of kim to be able to empathize with the people who hurt her and acknowledge their circumstances while still not forgiving them. i always jump to attempting forgiveness when i rationalize their behavior from their eyes. i could learn a lot from her.

belwood303's review

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4.0

Easy to read and enjoyable even if you don't know anything about Sonic Youth. I loved Kim described the books she was reading at the time and how it influenced her art and her music, a library as a road map. The book is not told linearly, doubling back often and retelling events using something significant, overlapping events. At first that was distracting but by the end I actually really liked it.

smellie_mooo's review

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emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

3.25

bizy's review

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emotional informative fast-paced

3.75

eyelit's review

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informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

gabrielrobartes's review

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4.0

Though really more of a 6.5 or 7. I want to love this but compared to the raw nerves and exposed viscera or Viv Albertine's memoir, it feels - too cool?

pardonmedolly's review against another edition

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emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0