What Is Goth?

What Is Goth is a humorous, self deprecating look at Goth culture from the inside out Imagine The Preppy Handbook colliding with Charles Addams Then add a lot melancholy and a lot spooky What Is Goth dispels the false stereotypes and reinforces the true ones surrounding Goths and Goth culture To the mundane, Voltaire writes, Goths are weird, black clad freaks who are obsessed with death they are sad all of the time Take a closer look at the Goth scene, however, and you will find a rich tapestry of ideas and practices and a menagerie of colorful characters Oh, dear I said colorful Yes, Goths are pale, wear black clothing, love black makeup on men and women , mope, listen to real downer music, and perfect the art of living in a perpetual state of ennui and melancholy But there s so much to being Goth Goths come from all walks of life Many are teenagers who live with their parents others are doctors, lawyers, musicians, and so on Most Goths are highly literate and creative, but all real Goths have to dress the part In other words, Abandon all hope ye who enter a Goth club in khakis Eerily illustrated, What Is Goth is the perfect book for any Goth, Goth wannabe, or mundane who is hopelessly confused by all the gloom. Best Read What Is Goth? By Aurelio Voltaire For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Fun little book, and insider s view of what it means to be goth I really appreciated how the author approached it with good humor and acceptance of anyone who wants to read it I also really enjoyed his essay on how he became a musician, a writer, an artist in the scene Lots of in jok...Voltaire, I wish I could personally thank you for taking the piss on a subculture I m loathe to be considered part of by the majority.This book is hilariousand sadly, oh so much of it is true Check it out.Loved this funny, dark, little gem I have met Voltaire a couple of times before I read the book and it was like I could hear him speaking the words while I was readingi really want this book i think some people in my class need to read this toothis was funny lolRead my full review hereVoltaire s exploration about the Goth culture is humorous, informative and featuresthan a few helpful tips He also manages to find the humor that lies in the dark heart of this oft misunderstood lifestyle Voltaire doesn t feel that being a Goth requires being melancholic or acting like life is one big downer That makes anybody i...This little gem is surprisingly hard to find in the UK I believe it s still on order and due in to my bookshop any day now, and have been believing that ever since I placed the order three years agoFinally got the book through a different seller, and loved it I have a strange and minor passion for pocket sized hardbacks, and a riff on goths as loving and as irreverent as this, with its lovely balance between hilarious and informative, was always going to charm me I await A Voltaire s This little gem is surprisingly hard to find in the UK I believe it s still on order and due in to my ...2.5 starsI really liked the design of the book but the text wasn t very interesting A few parts were catching and funny especially the part asking if Marilyn Manson was goth or not and the ending sentence Goth is whatever you want it to be But the rest was slightly boring for me the white text on black background looked great to see but difficult to read and this didn t help much in enjoying what was written.Anyway I still like the universe Voltaire created through music, visuals, videos, 2.5 starsI really liked the design of the book but the text wasn t very interesting A few parts were catching and funny especially ...I love this book there s a lot of info for such a small book funny, intelligent, witty and dare I say colorful as a baby bat myself I could appreciate the humor and hope some mundanes picks up this book and learn that there is so muchto those dark clad folk in the shopping line in front of you

• English
• 17 October 2019
Aurelio Voltaire
• Hardcover
• 96 pages
• 1578633222
• Aurelio Voltaire
• What Is Goth?