Reviews tagging 'Death'

Just Kids by Patti Smith

60 reviews

renspages's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Terminal illness

bugcollector's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

2.0

just wasn't interesting or written in a captivating way

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

andrewhatesham's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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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

urfavpunk's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Pregnancy and Terminal illness

Minor: Suicide, Racial slurs, Sexism, Vomit, and Drug use

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

emotional

5.0

To read Just Kids is more than anything to feel. Sadness, inspiration, love, grief. Through the intimate lense of 70’s New York, I have not only garnered information on the incredible lives of Patti Smith and Robert
Mapplethorpe, but discovered something of myself in the process. Through this review I will try to put all of these emotions into words and give this book the justice it deserves.
Just Kids reflects on the profound relationship between the aforementioned artists: Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe. While their friendship is a key focus of the memoir, Patti Smith discovers her own path to art, which will take many forms over the course of her lifetime. It is a privilege to be accepted into her world- for however so briefly- and meander through the memories of a legend.
The beauty of art displayed within the book-romanticized by myself as a wannabe writer- is what almost instantly drew to the story. However, it is Smith’s ability to articulate the complexities of love and human kind which makes Just Kids a new favorite. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, Death, Pregnancy, and Drug use

Moderate: Medical content, Sexual content, and Cultural appropriation

lindsayerin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Cultural appropriation

moraleegray's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

sometimes the namedropping was too much, but the last pages got me crying as if I had known all these people as my own friends and was mourning their loss 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Terminal illness

Minor: Suicide, Religious bigotry, Addiction, and Child death

zara89's review against another edition

inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.0

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Moderate: Death

nicichels's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

4.75

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Graphic: Death

uhhlexiconic's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.5

I was moved by how honest this is book is in its depiction of two young artists. Even with the love she has for Mapplethorpe and his memory, Patti Smith is willing to show them both at their best and worst.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Terminal illness and Death