Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Just Kids by Patti Smith

22 reviews

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

tellmemore's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Terminal illness and Medical content

Minor: Kidnapping and Pregnancy

juliamakena's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Mental illness and Sexual content

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

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

mipa_jt's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Sexual content

Minor: Abortion

writingcaia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

Could all friends be like Patti and Robert, and all love stories as beautiful, deep and meaningful.
In this vivid and detailed account of their times together we are completely transported to the NY of the late 60’s and 70’s, to the arts and all its people, the muses and creators, the lovers, the dead, and the living. 
The poetry of a time, of a love that went beyond death and now is elevated by Patti’s words.
Deeply moving.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual content

katieb_883's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

annaf1tz's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use and Sexual content

beautiful memoir set in new york of two artists set in the 60/70s

saowahreads's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.25

this book was ok to me. personally i felt no connection to this book - a lot of the name dropping and references to the 60s-70s didnt rlly affect me since i know practically nothing about life during this time. i thought the writing style was kind of difficult to read. i definitely should’ve chosen a different book (perhaps a more easy read) to start getting back into reading. however i was very engrossed in the relationships built and discussed in the book, i thought the author did a good job at that 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, and Terminal illness

Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual content