Thursday, November 19, 2009

Killing Yourself to Live....Response

What are the strengths of the text?
I believe the strength of the text is in how well Chuck Klosterman knew music and his ability to use facts about music to write 235 pages about 18 days of his life.

What areas do you see for improvement? Chucks writing was very scattered and difficult for me to read. I do believe that my lack familiarity with the music contibuted to that difficulty. So I am not sure if he needed to improve in that or if I just needed to read a book written like this about something I could relate to.

What is your overall impression?
I hated every minute of this book. It Bored me. which is probably why I didnt finish it.

Would you recommend this book? Why/why not? yes I would recommend it. If I ever met someone who was a fascinated and obsessed about thar genre of music as he Kloserman was, I would suggest this book to a rock lover. They would understand the book much better than I did and would probably get more of a feeling of accomplishment when they saw a name that they were familiar with and could trigger memories of thier own .

This is a Great Book..For Someone...Just Not Me