A review by elisacp
Bleachy-Haired Honky Bitch: Tales from a Bad Neighborhood, by Hollis Gillespie
2.0
Considering how much I like blogs, you'd think i'd like this book more, since it's really a series of "posts", most just a couple of pages in length, telling a variety of clever anecdotes about Gillespie's life.
But I found it a bit tedious after a while and started skimming through the stories to hasten my way to the final page. Lightweight stories such as these are perhaps better suited for the online medium...where you can skip around easily, where comments can provide an opportunity for conversation, where there's more context and chronology.
This book only confirmed the fact that I am NOT one of those people who can't wait for the next David Sedaris essay collection :)
Full review in my blog:
http://homepage.mac.com/elisa_camahort/iblog/C1023857155/E20071230100326/index.html
But I found it a bit tedious after a while and started skimming through the stories to hasten my way to the final page. Lightweight stories such as these are perhaps better suited for the online medium...where you can skip around easily, where comments can provide an opportunity for conversation, where there's more context and chronology.
This book only confirmed the fact that I am NOT one of those people who can't wait for the next David Sedaris essay collection :)
Full review in my blog:
http://homepage.mac.com/elisa_camahort/iblog/C1023857155/E20071230100326/index.html