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Hüsker Dü: The Story Of The Noise-Pop Pioneers Who Launched Modern Rock (2010)

by Andrew Earles(Favorite Author)

3.4 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0760335044 (ISBN13: 9780760335048)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Voyageur Press

review 1: I tried. Believe me I tried. I wanted to like this book. But after trying to read it for six months, I just couldn't get to page 100. Just not good.There's a wonderful grasp of the subject, but there's a failure in storytelling and organization. Try it, the band deserves your attempt. But don't work too hard to get through it. If you're not feeling it, you're never going to. Trust me, I tried.
review 2: I'm only halfway done, but I better rate it now because I may never finish it. Honestly, reading it has become a slog, which is a shame, because the band is awesome and important, and there's a lot of new and lovingly captured stuff in here. It kills me to criticize such a sincere effort by a writer I admire, but I think Earles's short reviews were poor ... morepreparation for this beast. It's written in a strange voice that is somehow dryly academic while being full of personal opinion, and it drives me nuts. Moreover, I've never (NEVER) read a published book as much in need of editing. Lots of repeated factoids and a real lack of momentum. An editor could have made the book twice as good, easily. Bummer. less

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