#utopiaavenue

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review - utopia avenue

4/5 Stars Pub Date: Jul 14, 2020 2021 Goodreads Goal: 50/150

Utopia Avenue is the perfect book for anyone with an interest in 60s London and psychedelic music. Mitchell writes it with such reverence for the period and people and it's super fun to fully envelope yourself in the world.

This is definitely the straightest narrative that I've read of Mitchell's. The most easily approachable, but there is still some fun references for anyone who is engrossed in the "Mitchellverse."

I've seen some reviews referring to it being vapid, but... have you read any memoirs or autobiographies of artists from this time? Everyone knew everyone, and was so involved in each other's music and lives.

This is maybe not a world shattering as his other novels, but this scratched the itch that I was hoping to sate with Daisy Jones and the Six.