Thank you Central Avenue Publishing and NetGalley for sharing Jennifer Haupt's thoughtfully crafted examination of two lives, Skye and Zane. Both Kurt, the band and their management were a little weary of releasing Come as You Are due to its similarity to Eighties. A violent tragedy pushes them over the line between friendship and something more, bonding them and, ultimately, tearing them apart. I found the writing style 'okay'. Killing Joke guitarist Geordie Walker was said to be upset about the whole situation, and he felt that Nirvana (which according to Walker denied the connection between the songs) handled the matter poorly. It's relasing 3/1/22. Be aware of drug use and self-destructive behavior, though, especially in the first part. Want to readOctober 24, 2021.
This context is part of the book and matters to how a reader can understand Skye and Zane and the settings and attitudes that shaped them as individuals, as a couple/friends, and then as parents. Jennifer Haupt's debut novel, In the Shadow of 10, 000 Hills, was awarded the Foreword Reviews Bronze Indie Award for Historical Fiction. Downtown Aberdeen Walk of Fame. This line is from the song "Come as You Are" by Nirvana from the album Nevermind (1992). They're given the raw treatment that Nirvana usually gives their songs whenever they're performed live.
Zane and Skye shared a complex history that was filled with sorrow, heartache, friendship, and love. We pride ourselves on the the level of service we give our customers. In 1999 "Come as You Are" was voted in at number 49 in Kerrang! As I want you to be. I believe you are here for all of us. Fast forward ten years. I'm sure it's no coincidence the title of Jennifer Haupt's latest novel Come As You Are brings to mind the Nirvana song of the same title. The singer doesn't know if he wants the present, the past, or the future.
This is one of the finest singles ever released. Zane and Skye are two misfit teens drawn together by their love of music and their loneliness, both part of Seattle's grunge scene in the early '90s. Yeah, I'm aware of how the lead is a ripoff from Killing Joke's song "Eighties", but honestly this song is something different from that. Goldberg went on to say that the late grunge rocker was indeed right to be concerned as "Killing Joke later did complain about it.
When news of Cobain's death broke, and for a short while thereafter, Aberdeen and many other spots in Grays Harbor County hosted a horde of international media members, each hoping to capture – with facts, photos, and hyperbole – the angst-ridden aura of an economically depressed area that had birthed that musical genius. Also, it shipped the NEXT day! So, as the song says, "the choice is yours. Seriously though why has grunge fallen out of graces by some, it is hipster music that hit the mainstream. Now, ten years later, Skye and Zane are facing each other again. The boys are gettin' off work and they're haulin' on back home.
There are many parallels between the two works - the song was incredibly successful largely because it was so catchy and I found the novel to be one of those where once started I didn't want to put it down. I loved Jennifer Haupt's first novel In The Shadow of 10, 000 Hills and though this was completely different the writing remained extraordinarily good, the characters complex and real and the story compelling. Both men had a stronghold on her heart and she on theirs so I just didn't want any of them hurt. Thank you to NetGalley, Grand Central Publishing, and Jennifer Haupt for a free ARC of this book. They were very young when they meet for the first time. The author does an amazing job of vividly creating the multiple settings in this story making it easy for the reader to visualize each of them as they read. Is Skye's rightful place with Zane or with Aaron back in Albuquerque? The music broke mainstream in a field that was alive and kicking on Grays Harbor long before a teenage Cobain took his first formal guitar lessons at Rosevear's now-shuttered corner music shop.
The band shot outdoor footage in a park in Hollywood Hills a few days prior to the main video shoot. Those visitors see an economy still suffering setbacks; and those with open eyes also see the hope that exists with each bucket of paint tossed on the outside of a recently filled storefront. Their friendship develops into something more, but the relationship seems to be doomed. Overall a mixed bag for me. Framed in the Seattle grunge music scene in the 1990s, this powerful coming-of-age story is full of young love, secrets, addiction, and lost chances. However, about halfway through, I started noticing how the shifts in timelines created confusion and annoyance…instead of intrigue. Grunge, an alternative rock genre fusing elements of punk rock with heavy metal was born-a sub-culture in itself. It fits perfectly to the grudge period of the nineties. I wanted to like this more than I did. Rating distribution. Shipping is so fast and the craftsmanship is beautiful! No I don't have a gun.
Whatever the authors intent, I loved this book and felt the title was apt. Sure, there's poverty and mental health problems on the beaten path, a detail seen and socially shared by the millions who drive through to the coast each year and highlighted by much of that media in 1994. Find something memorable, join a community doing good. But the relationship is doomed to fail in the long run. I know I'm in the minority here, and this book might just be perfect for you, so I really encourage you to read the raving reviews. Don't worry-it doesn't read like YA, nor does it delve deeply into the Seattle grunge scene-those are just the backdrops for this moving family drama. There is tragedy colouring in the background and the necessity to bring secrets into the open and search to find that truth and peace. Their lives are a series of connections and disconnections, always haunted by their pasts, their mistakes, and tragedy.
The premise sounded interesting, and from the moment I started reading, Jennifer Haupt drew me in with her beautiful writing. The settings were vivid and I was really in the scenes, whether on a underground club in Seattle, or on the beach of Belize, so kudos for that. Zane and Skye are teenagers in Seattle in the 90s during the grunge movement and, yes, Nirvana. The ending brought it all together in the best way for me.