In perhaps no other book ever written would a sentence like, 'The video for Smells Like Teen Spirit was not more consequential than. Martin’s Blood & Fire: The seeds of war are oft planted during times of peace. In The Nineties, Chuck Klosterman makes a home in all of it: the film, the music, the sports, the TV, the politics, the changes regarding race and class and sexuality, the yin/yang of Oprah and Alan Greenspan. However, nothing could be farther from the truth, and to quote George R. Klosterman forces the reader to reevaluate our memories of a decade that, at times, at least for myself, often feels like it had little in the way of lasting impact on the future generation besides the rise of internet use. An event I was alive for but misremembered nonetheless. The pieces touch on everything from the hysteria behind Y2k to the Tyson and Holiefied rematch that ended in the latter losing his ear. The book comprises 12 extensive essays, bookended with smaller essays with complimentary themes. The book’s last line hauntingly closes with the passage that hit me like a gut punch: “The Flights were hijacked, the planes crashed into buildings, 2,977 people died, and the nineties collapsed with the skyscrapers.” At times the book is dense but never dry. Klosterman posits the 90s began with the fall of the Berlin wall and ended with the tragic fall of the Twin towers. From grunge to slacker cinema, the author leaves no stone unturned in his sometimes comical examination of the era dominated by Gen-X and their ethos of trying not to look like they’re trying too hard because to look like you’re “trying” is paramount to selling out and, in the 90s, there was nothing worse than being a sellout. The Nineties: A Book, written by essayist Chuck Klosterman, sets out to reckon and reexamine a decade that doesn’t feel all that long ago while still being further in the past than many of us want to admit. I spent the first day of 2023 reading a book about the 1990s, and I want to talk about it. I review The Nineties: a Book #bookreviews2023 #bookrecommendations #booktok #the90sthrowback📺 #1990s #chuckklosterman Klosterman's book is an exploration of the actual history of the 1990s through politics and pop culture.

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