Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Just Kids by Patti Smith

7 reviews

mattyvreads's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

This was a really haunting and beautiful book. It took us through the life and death and eternal life of a friendship and relationship. Reading through the book didn’t make me cry, but thinking about it now is making me tear up.

The relational aspect of the book is much much more interesting to me than simply reading a book about Patti Smith’s rise to fame. This is such a unique and gorgeous read. The writing is superb.

Frankly, I am drawn to Patti Smith more as an author than as a poet or singer. Her prose is vulnerable and magnetizing.

The most successful element of this book for me is the way that she captures — in snapshots — her relationship with Robert. The least successful element of the book for me was the name droppy bits, where she would be like “and then Leonard Cohen used my napkin!”. Not that, but that.

Definitely want to read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death, Suicide, Drug abuse, Chronic illness, Addiction, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

chrissysbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

Really enjoyed Patti Smith's biography, I read it without knowing anything about her or Robert. So melancholic but has a deep sense of nostalgia towards a time I wasn't even alive. Beautifully poetic and raw.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Homophobia, and Terminal illness

Minor: Pregnancy

thesupermassive's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia

v2001's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Death

andrewhatesham's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Medical content, Death, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Blood, Death of parent, Suicide, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Racism, Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Homophobia

wrackcity's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Pregnancy and Drug use

Minor: Homophobia

idleminds's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Terminal illness, Addiction, and Homophobia