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Title: Like Hell by Ben Weasel ISBN: 0-9707458-2-6 Publisher: Hope And Nonthings Pub. Date: 03 May, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.78 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: It just is
Comment: Reading the other reviews after i read the book made me feel like those people didnt really even read the book - or otherwise over read the book. Its about a guy, what he thinks, and what goes through his mind as his life changes and stays the same at the same time. Its punk rock. Its growing up. Its finding yourself, and loosing everything else.
Rating: 2
Summary: bit of a disappointment
Comment: This book seems to tell us everything while revealing nothing. There are lots of anecdotes that become repetitious after a (short) while, and too many over-used phrases, especially for someone with so much talent as a lyricist. At the end of the book we have little to no idea who the author/narrator is, what makes him 'tick' or why he has chosen to live the life of a musician other than the fact that (according to him) he has no other marketable skills. But it is a first novel and of course Ben gets props for making an effort to tell his/narrator's side of the story.
Rating: 3
Summary: Ehh... It was... ok?
Comment: I admit, I love the other work Ben Weasle has done, but really this book is often, well... confusing so to speak. It has main flaws are right off the back, such as it is quite possibly the most vulgar disgusting book I have read when dealing with human realtionships, yet on the other hand, it is often a perfect image of punk rock-ism. Sex, rock n' roll and drugs are a perfect match, then alas this book seems to be beyound morbid. Yet this explains the darker side of punk rock music and can be really depressing at times which was the main goal in the book, I beleive. The book though, does let you feel like you can relate though to the charecters at times, although it seems the only charecter that needed alittle more backround was Joe. the main man in the book. Joe really in my thought was kinda a odd ball jerk, and often really did what he did out of pure randomness. Sure, I think Ben was trying to hit me with a anti-hero charecter, yet it was just to flippy-floppy on Joe's persona, often I was rooting for him, and other times I was in complete disgust. But on a over-view of the book, if you are a punk fan, or someone who thinks highly of the romantic rock and roll image, I think you will like this. If you are not a punk or a rock and roll fan, you will get to about page two, then be sickened and have no intrest in it.
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Title: Punk Is A Four-Letter Word by Ben Weasel ISBN: 0970745869 Publisher: Hope And Nonthings Pub. Date: 15 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Despite Everything by Aaron Cometbus ISBN: 0867195614 Publisher: Last Gasp of San Francisco Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Salad Days by Charles Romalotti ISBN: 0967923506 Publisher: Layman Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Small Town Punk : a novel by John L Sheppard ISBN: 0595224946 Publisher: Writers Club Press Pub. Date: 11 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Double Duce by Aaron Cometbus ISBN: 086719586X Publisher: Last Gasp of San Francisco Pub. Date: 10 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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