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Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Alcohol
Moderate: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Violence
Minor: Rape
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
These guys are awful, until they’re not. And then they are again.
I picked this up because someone on Reddit said it was better than Daisy Jones & The Six, and they were right. Totally worth the read.
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Car accident
Moderate: Rape
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use
Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Sexual content
Minor: Miscarriage, Rape, Pregnancy
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Car accident, Alcohol
Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Police brutality, Suicide attempt
Minor: Biphobia, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Rape, Sexism, Transphobia
I'm not saying 'terrible people' fondly; they do some truly awful things, not just to themselves but to important people in their lives, people who work for them, and innocent passers-by. Sometimes there is implied or even explicit remorse, but more often than not there isn't. The way that it's written doesn't tell you as the reader what to think about their actions and the same mistakes they keep making over and over again. Even though they do learn some lessons, from the way that their perspectives come across, it still feels like they've got a long way to go and there's still a lot of glamourisation of the sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll lifestyle.
So my advice for this is not to expect coming out liking any members of the band. I was, on many occasions, disgusted by their thoughts and actions and the sheer amount of casual misogyny and treating people around them terribly. But it is a really entertaining book, like watching a car crash in motion, except that it keeps crashing over and over and over again. It feels authentic to the psychology of a lot of bands who made it big during this era and it was a very difficult book to put down.
I liked how the chapters alternated perspectives from each member of the band as well as a few chapters from people who weren't members of the band, and the way it allowed the unreliability of each narrator to come through. It added a lot of interest with the blurred lines between what really happened and what only might have done, and trying to deduce whose side of the story (if any) you think is more reliable.
I'm familiar with a few of Mötley Crüe's songs, but not much of a fan of them, and I still got a kick out of reading this even though I'd never want to go anywhere near people like this in real life.
Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Car accident
Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Stalking
Minor: Gun violence, Rape, Self harm, Death of parent