A review by hellomorimoto
Trying to Float: Coming of Age in the Chelsea Hotel by Nicolaia Rips

2.0

here's my Real review: I wanted to enjoy this book as someone who adores the history of the Chelsea Hotel, but I found the writing to be juvenile and the characters flat. The brief vignettes aren't in-depth or rich enough to bring the Hotel to life, or even to warrant the subtitle "Coming of Age in the Chelsea Hotel". If you want to read a memoir about the vibrancy of New York and the Chelsea, you're better off with Patti Smith's "Just Kids".