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AliBA

Read Patti Smith's Just Kids instead

Reviewed in Australia on 15 July 2016

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This was the most poorly written novel. The editor has a lot to answer for.

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Winston Schwarz

It's a Sin to bare false witness Kim!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 April 2020

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This is a thourghly nasty memoir that appears to be an attempt to hit back at people Kim doesn't like. Fans of Sonic Youth will learn little about the band. Instead we get a gossipy tack fest, half-baked and skimpy.
After a promising start it soon descends into hearsay and quite astonishing attacks on people like Madonna for being too fat at the start of her career. On reading her letter to Karen Carpenter I started to wonder if this was a mock autobiography in the same genre as Spinal Tap!
Cosi Fanny Tutti's and Viv Albertine's books are the real deal if you want to know what it's really like to be a woman dealing with life and the music/art business.

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Guylaine L.

I love sonic youth but this book is boring that I ...

Reviewed in Canada on 16 January 2016

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I love sonic youth but this book is boring that I wonder how after 30 years in the band she is not able to tell some funny story from almost 30 years out on tour.

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Mrs. Deborah O'Hara

Shame

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 September 2015

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Dull, up itself, boring and poorly written - sorry Kim. Maybe if you'd stopped trying to impress yourself and your reader in every sentence ....?

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peggyd

Life is too short

Reviewed in the United States on 17 October 2019

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This book is shallow and empty just like the author. She has zero insight just all ego. If I become sullen will people think I am talented too? Read Carrie Brownstein instead.

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Aaron Tieger

Not annotated; poorly produced

Reviewed in the United States on 19 October 2021

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This edition specifically claimed to be annotated. While it has an introduction that reads like it was cribbed from Wikipedia, there are no annotations in the volume. Also, the cover image is printed at a terrible resolution. I'm glad to have the story in a volume of its own, but this was completely misrepresented.

Sabrina Burns

Slow

Reviewed in the United States on 12 January 2022

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Found this to be a bit slow and boring. Not a fan of this particular style of music either, but that’s just me.

Jean M. Byrne

Jesus Christ get over yourself

Reviewed in the United States on 26 July 2018

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What a waste of a read. Laborious. An inflated ego if I ever heard one. Who cares about your life? There are bigger issues Kim.

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t belden

I was shocked and dismayed by how positively boring this memoir was

Reviewed in the United States on 3 November 2015

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I was shocked and dismayed by how positively boring this memoir was. I am not sure what I was expecting, but usually these types of memoirs have some interesting insights and stories. To hear her tell it, despite being a GIRL IN A BAND, Kim Gordon led a very boring life, she has little insight into any of the experiences she did have and really has nothing to say. What this book tells me is that she seemed sort of interesting when she was part of the Thurston Moore duo, because they could keep up the pretense of being interesting as a "couple" in a band. Disappointing to say the least, save your money.

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kimberly m hayden

Most boring rock and roll autobiography I ever read

Reviewed in the United States on 21 April 2017

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Awful. Most boring rock and roll autobiography I ever read. Plus, she has no sense of humor.

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