JohnnyCache reviewed 1982 by Jian Ghomeshi
Review of '1982' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
My feelings as I am 75 pages in:
This is so difficult for me to say. Jian Ghomeshi, Canada's greatest interviewer, cannot write well. Maybe that's not true. It seems like he really just phoned it in. He starts multiple sentences in nearly each paragraph with "And", includes so far about 10 lists, and repeats things over and over. Quality-wise, it seems like a grade eight class report.
I feel that Jian could really write an insightful, moving book if only he tried. 1982 would have been better as an essay or serialized story for a magazine (with 200 pages chopped off).
I think about giving up every so often (especially when I see those damn lists!), but I love Jian as a radio personality so much that I am really trying to stick it out.
Edit: I got to page 145. Just after the bit where he explained what …
My feelings as I am 75 pages in:
This is so difficult for me to say. Jian Ghomeshi, Canada's greatest interviewer, cannot write well. Maybe that's not true. It seems like he really just phoned it in. He starts multiple sentences in nearly each paragraph with "And", includes so far about 10 lists, and repeats things over and over. Quality-wise, it seems like a grade eight class report.
I feel that Jian could really write an insightful, moving book if only he tried. 1982 would have been better as an essay or serialized story for a magazine (with 200 pages chopped off).
I think about giving up every so often (especially when I see those damn lists!), but I love Jian as a radio personality so much that I am really trying to stick it out.
Edit: I got to page 145. Just after the bit where he explained what Niagara Falls is. I'm sorry Jian, but I couldn't finish your book. I did skip to the final chapter and it was great. I wish the rest of the book was like this. Unfortunately, the book was planned terribly. Who is the target market for this? He explained what earbuds were. Who is alive today that doesn't know what earbuds are? I am so disappointed in this annoying book. I will stick to listening to Jian on the radio.