Salad Days

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Summary: missed the reading at Bound Together bookstore
Review: Salad Days is a fantastic book. I couldn't put it down until I devoured the whole thing. It's a great read and the characters really seemed to come alive and take me back to a time and place I thought few people could relate to. Good on you, Charles Romalotti! Keep up the good work, I'll be in line the day Rash hits my local anarchist book store!

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Summary: powerful
Review: Salad Days is a powerful book that speaks to everyone regardless of your background. The story can be related to by anyone who has a dream or belief and will not back down no matter how much adversity they face. The characters are believable and everyone knows someone like Oscar. This is a must read for anyone who grew up in the punk scene.

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Summary: one happy dagger...
Review: Salad Days is honestly the only book I have ever truly identified with in my entire life. The alienation was real, but the intensity and passion involved in the music was even more vivid. Music, especially hardcore punk, has been the one saving grace in my life, and Frank, the main character of the story, has the same basic ideals as myself. I was able to become him, because in essence, I was him. Upon meeting Charles Romalotti in person, I realized how much of himself he put into the book, thus making it more powerful. This is definitely one of those books I will be re-reading many times, each time with a loving grin pasted to my face.

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Summary: Great!
Review: Salad Days is one of the best books I've read in a while. Once I picked it up I couldn't put it down. The main character, Frank Smith, was so well developed that I thought he was real and had to be reminded (more than once) that it was just fiction. Frank could easily be one of my best friends with his philosophies on punk and life in general. The book kept flowing, it didn't end-no boring parts at all. I can't wait to see what other writing the author has in stock in the next book.

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Summary: very well........
Review: The town that romalotti grew up in was Iola, Kansas......and I can assure you that neither his first nor last name on this book or any of the others is true. He went to Iola High School and was in his first real band with Dominick Haen called the FLOURESCENT CONDOMS.....Danny was and without a doubt still is a great guy, he did not have a mean bone in his body in high school, he liked to playfully pick on people.....

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Summary: Terribe
Review: I couldn't believe how bad this book was. As a fan of the hardcore/punk scene in my teenage years I found almost the whole book to be unreal. I was actually rooting for something bad to happen to Frank because 1)he started to annoy the hell out of me, and 2)I just wanted something interesting to happen. The dialogue was totally forced and unrealistic and scenes tended to go on forever. In spite of myself, I actually managed to finish it. If your a serious reader, don't get this book. It is aimed at the young teenage crowd that doesn't pick up a book to often.