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I Hate Old Music, Too

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Although this may be the best book in the world, I am unable to review it properly as the Kindle formatting makes it impossible to read. I don't have the time to wade through it trying to pull two separate parts of a paragraph together. However, I am sure this is not the fault of the author so have awarded three stars, which is the average score at the time of writing this.

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I see the reasons for this book. It’s not half bad. It reminded me of talking to jaded members of the punk community

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This was a first for me from this author and the book didn't disappoint. I love the cover of this book its stunning.

I found the book fell flat for me because i didn't care for the writing style and was hard to follow. I don't know if maybe it was because i was reading on my kindle but it just fell flat.

I feel the author does have potential and will pick up another from the author to see if i can like the writing style.

Thanks NetGalley for letting me read and review.

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I picked Rhiannon based on the cover art as it captured me and it did not disappoint was gripping and just amazing plot a story will definitely be reading more by this author

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Dave Thompson has been writing about music for a long time and knows a lot about it. This book's predecessor, I Hate New Music, published in 2008, was reasonably entertaining, informative and full of lists. I Hate Old Music, Too reads like an over-extended magazine article. Its tone is uneven, it's full of straw-man arguments, and its criticisms of super deluxe box sets, vinyl reissues or musical pedantry all seem very predictable. This means that the more interesting chapters, such as the one looking at Eurovision, get buried in the moans. A missed opportunity. (Incidentally, the "For Review Purposes Only" watermark on the Netgalley version makes it difficult to read but at least that is preferable to the bizarre formatting in the Kindle version where footnotes appear in the middle of paragraphs and words go missing at the end of sentences.)

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