Assassination Vacation By Sarah Vowell
Edition: illustrated
Published by Simon and Schuster, 2005
ISBN 0743260031, 9780743260039
258 pages
Book number 5 down.
So I was told this book was awesome. It's not.
I can't say it helps that I heard Sarah Vowell in my head as I read, but I picture Violet Parr from the Incredibles. Hearing Invisible Girl talk about presidential assassinations as she would have made the best presidential assassin of all time, is just wrong.
I just found her writing off putting, I couldn't get past the phrasing and composition. It rubbed me the wrong way. Would I recommend the book? Yeah, sure. Would I buy it? Probably not. However if you dig her other stuff, or really like NPR - it's worth a least a check out.
Two out of Four Stars.
Side Note:
Full disclosure, I'm cheating. I'm reading two books at once. This is not just to get done faster. I'm not able to renew a book with the library due to other holds and I'm afraid I won't be able to finish it before it' s due. I did not find this out until I had already started a book. I could just not bring it back, but Library fines suck. I've got my eye on a few other books that will fall into this category if I don't watch it - This shouldn't happen again. Just a heads up, so I don't get e-mails asking how I read so fast.
Back to reading!
Edition: illustrated
Published by Simon and Schuster, 2005
ISBN 0743260031, 9780743260039
258 pages
Book number 5 down.
So I was told this book was awesome. It's not.
I can't say it helps that I heard Sarah Vowell in my head as I read, but I picture Violet Parr from the Incredibles. Hearing Invisible Girl talk about presidential assassinations as she would have made the best presidential assassin of all time, is just wrong.
I just found her writing off putting, I couldn't get past the phrasing and composition. It rubbed me the wrong way. Would I recommend the book? Yeah, sure. Would I buy it? Probably not. However if you dig her other stuff, or really like NPR - it's worth a least a check out.
Two out of Four Stars.
Side Note:
Full disclosure, I'm cheating. I'm reading two books at once. This is not just to get done faster. I'm not able to renew a book with the library due to other holds and I'm afraid I won't be able to finish it before it' s due. I did not find this out until I had already started a book. I could just not bring it back, but Library fines suck. I've got my eye on a few other books that will fall into this category if I don't watch it - This shouldn't happen again. Just a heads up, so I don't get e-mails asking how I read so fast.
Back to reading!
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