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A review by meganmreads
True Believers by Kurt Andersen
4.0
I won this ARC via Early Reviews Program at LibraryThing in exchange for an honest review.
I liked this book a lot. The cover in incredibly eye catching and is the main reason I attempted to win a copy of the book. The summary was also intriguing, as well as the title. All these things piqued my interest and I’m definitely glad I got the chance to read this!
This book jumped back and forth from the 60’s to the present, all from Karen Hollander’s point of view, but it didn’t feel all over the place. The story line was very organized and I enjoyed the trip back through time, but I also enjoyed present day Hollander’s interpretation of her youth.
This is almost one of those books I find hard to discuss because it was so well done. There are so many issues discussed and explored in this book, from living with diabetes to racial and political injustices from WW2 to the present. This book was a rational person’s look back at her wild and extreme viewpoints in a time when wild and extreme viewpoints were a cultural movement. It isn’t looking into the hippie era from an anti-hippie or ex-hippie still emotionally invested in the movement, both of which I wondered and worried about when reading the synopsis.
This book was an amazing journey through Hollander’s life, which was incredibly interesting. I couldn’t put it down, out of sheer curiosity. I also had NO idea what happened back in the late 60’s that she kept so secret. While the entire book hints and gives you clues and little pieces, it was entirely unpredictable.
This time in history is something that interests me a lot, but one that I find difficult to learn more about due to bias. I felt like Hollander’s character made it easy to see into what life might have been like, but realistically and less nostalgic. Politically, this period of time either loved or hated, and I felt like Hollander was sort of in the middle about it, which is what made it so great for me.
This was well written, thrilling, exciting, detailed, interesting, and unpredictable. I liked it, and will definitely read more of Andersen’s books in the future.
http://meganm922.blogspot.com/2012/06/reviewtrue-believers-by-kurt-andersen.html
I liked this book a lot. The cover in incredibly eye catching and is the main reason I attempted to win a copy of the book. The summary was also intriguing, as well as the title. All these things piqued my interest and I’m definitely glad I got the chance to read this!
This book jumped back and forth from the 60’s to the present, all from Karen Hollander’s point of view, but it didn’t feel all over the place. The story line was very organized and I enjoyed the trip back through time, but I also enjoyed present day Hollander’s interpretation of her youth.
This is almost one of those books I find hard to discuss because it was so well done. There are so many issues discussed and explored in this book, from living with diabetes to racial and political injustices from WW2 to the present. This book was a rational person’s look back at her wild and extreme viewpoints in a time when wild and extreme viewpoints were a cultural movement. It isn’t looking into the hippie era from an anti-hippie or ex-hippie still emotionally invested in the movement, both of which I wondered and worried about when reading the synopsis.
This book was an amazing journey through Hollander’s life, which was incredibly interesting. I couldn’t put it down, out of sheer curiosity. I also had NO idea what happened back in the late 60’s that she kept so secret. While the entire book hints and gives you clues and little pieces, it was entirely unpredictable.
This time in history is something that interests me a lot, but one that I find difficult to learn more about due to bias. I felt like Hollander’s character made it easy to see into what life might have been like, but realistically and less nostalgic. Politically, this period of time either loved or hated, and I felt like Hollander was sort of in the middle about it, which is what made it so great for me.
This was well written, thrilling, exciting, detailed, interesting, and unpredictable. I liked it, and will definitely read more of Andersen’s books in the future.
http://meganm922.blogspot.com/2012/06/reviewtrue-believers-by-kurt-andersen.html