Monday, March 29, 2010

Killing Yourself To Live- Final impression

Well, I like the title, I think it suits the book as far as what his "job" is in the book, however I did feel like the book was more about him and his life than necessarily about rock stars and theirs. Yes, he did talk about the rock stars and how they died and about going to their "death spots" but I felt as if he talked more about his life along the way than any of the rockstars. Compared to other texts I have had to read for other classes, I liked it. I would recommend this book because it is a fast, easy read, and let's all be honest that's what every college student wants in a writing class.
As for Chuck's improvement, I would include more about the rock star's lives and not necessarily his love triangles, or quadruplets.
There should, however, be a disclaimer on the first page that Chuck is very into himself.
I could see this book being used in a history of rock and roll class and maybe not a creative writing class.
I did like his stream of consciousness and how all of our thoughts seem to blend into another and they are all somewhat interrelated.
The last part did make me smile though because Lucy didnt think that he should even attempt to write this book and there I was reading her say to him that it was going to be a doozey and he wrote it anyway, so that gave me inspiration that you shouldnt listen to what everyone else says about your dreams and just do them instead.
Overall, on a scale of one to ten, I would give it a 7.

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