Reviews tagging 'Death'

Just Kids by Patti Smith

60 reviews

avasbookmark's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Terminal illness and Grief

Minor: Death and Suicide

baerbl's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, and Sexual content

angiegiannis's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Such a beautifully written book, would highly recommend. I bawled my eyes out reading the last section.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief and Death

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

mhsunni's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use and Death

hcnorris's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Suicide, Infidelity, and Death

Minor: Sexual content and Addiction

ilovebooks1967's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I LOVE THIS BOOK

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Abortion

Moderate: Drug use

elanuruysal's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Drug use

dearbhlanoonan's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Sexual content, Drug use, and Suicide

theinkdrinkerhouse's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

For a nonfiction read, 5 stars. However, I’d dock it a 0.5 on a personal thing due to moments where I had to research people she was referring since there were names I either had no idea or knew of them but not their name. So, it took me out of my immersion at times. But, once again, personal experience issue and not the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Pregnancy, Addiction, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicide