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A review by chrisvigilante
Boys Keep Swinging: A Memoir by Jake Shears
3.0
I liked this memoir. It was interesting to learn about how Jake Shears grew up. Especially during a scary time for gay people and seeing how that affected his coming out process and coming of age.
The story is broken up into sections. Early Life is a big section. Then the before the formation of Scissor Sisters and after.
I felt like the story just dragged at too many places. Some of the opening section dragged. The section where he is growing up. The section leading up to the formation of the scissor sisters too. it was a lot of repetition. A lot of info dumping that felt unnecessary. Also, name dropping that I didn't care for. Give me something more.
There wasn't enough perspective or enough introspection. What are we supposed to be getting out of this?
Still, it was an entertaining enough memoir.
The story is broken up into sections. Early Life is a big section. Then the before the formation of Scissor Sisters and after.
I felt like the story just dragged at too many places. Some of the opening section dragged. The section where he is growing up. The section leading up to the formation of the scissor sisters too. it was a lot of repetition. A lot of info dumping that felt unnecessary. Also, name dropping that I didn't care for. Give me something more.
There wasn't enough perspective or enough introspection. What are we supposed to be getting out of this?
Still, it was an entertaining enough memoir.