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Interesting but annoying

Revisado: 07-26-19

I could not wait for this book to end. What Questlove has to say is actually quite interesting and helpful. He explains the journey he’s had as an artist and his tune with The Roots, which makes the book a bit autobiographical. He also pulls a lot of examples from not only music but art, comedy, writing, and other artists, which I really appreciate, but JESUS CHRIST was it annoying to listen too. There are times when he’s speaking and it sounds like he’s making it up as he goes and doesn’t know what to say next. There are also times when he mumbles under his breath about something not really related to what he’s talking about, but you can barely hear him so it doesn’t really matter anyway. Quest also keeps randomly plugging The Roots music throughout the entire book, and while it’s good, it’s INCREDIBLY distracting and goes on for way too long. The last 10 minutes is all about how he came up with the artwork for the cover but I have no idea how it happened because The Roots were playing at the same volume as his voice. Maybe there’s a reason for why he chose to plug music where he did that I didn’t catch but to me, it was incredibly random. I mean in the middle of a sentence, 2/3rds of the way through a chapter with no reference to The Roots, music, Jimmy Fallon, nothing that I can think of, for 30 seconds - 5 minutes at a time. And lastly, the MOST annoying part is the stupid echo effect he uses on his voice. From time to time it makes sense, but there are plenty of times that it doesn’t. There’s a chapter where he uses the echo effect for the last 2 minutes of it.

The content of the book is pretty good and it was interesting for the most part but the performance was so hard to get through. There were times when I was literally yelling in the car, begging for Questlove to hurry up with the music or knock it off with the echo effect. If you’re deciding between reading and listening, I’d go with reading.

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Definitely a book for those in their 30s

Revisado: 09-05-18

It’s okay. The plot is all over the place and the main character claims that she’s on a journey to “find herself” multiple times in the book but it’s not clear what exactly that is or why she’s doing what she’s doing. She makes some pretty dumb decisions and gets angry at others when they call her out on it. The main character, Rainy, is easy to fall in love with at the start of the book but by the ending I couldn’t stand her.
Overall, the book is all over the place and I wasn’t a fan. That being said, I’m only 22 and this book is clearly written for women in their late 30s/ early 40s, so it may be that I just can’t relate to it.

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Interesting Read

Revisado: 08-29-18

If you’re a marketer or simply curious about how something becomes popular, you’ll love this book! Derek uses amazing examples from as early as the 1600s to as recent as 2016 to explain his thesis. The chapters can be a bit long and mundane from time to time but ultimately kept my attention and spiked my interest enough to want to finish the book.

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