nothing feels good, it all feels shitty

i recently read a book called "Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo", and it was awful, except for a few small sections. i was so disappointed with it, i decided to write an amazon review about it.

"it started out extremely promising, discussing rites of spring and the origins of the term "emo". it made the important distinction that emo actually developed out of hardcore and punk. but very quickly turns into the worst written piece of fluff i've read in a long time. desperately grasping at ways to make his book seem relevant, greenwald consistently forces the same points over and over again told with simple writing and dumb similies. due to poor marketing, the book is aimed at fans of bands like jawbreaker, mineral, and the promise ring, while it consistently just lionizes media darlings dashboard confessional and spotlights "indie" label heavyweights vagrant records. if you love the watered down, emotionless bands, that the media packages as "emo" for the masses, then this book is for you. through about 2/3 of the book, i was convinced that greenwald was trying to make the point that highschool jocks that have virtually no interest in music are pioneers of a new musical movement. and 25 pages about makeoutclub and livejournal? seriously now, what point are you trying to prove here? greenwald is the journalist equivalent of the "emo" entities he spotlights. doing his best to make a name for himself while disconnecting himself from his roots, which in this case is quality writing. scattered, boring, tried too hard to be relevant, and worst of all, trying to cash in on a fad. i find it extremely disappointing (though not surprising) that someone found this worthy of publishing."