Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Just Kids by Patti Smith

42 reviews

heartshapedbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Reading about Patti Smith’s life and how she got to where she is now was so inspiring. Her writing is so vulnerable that it feels like she’s addressing you personally. I fell in love with her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe and their connection through art. This made me nostalgic for a time I wasn’t even alive for.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, and Terminal illness

If you are sensitive to descriptions of tripping on acid I would avoid this memoir or research what pages they appear on so you can skip over it.

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

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

hannahlouise_'s review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

nochnitsa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

What a beautiful, honest, pure and sad book. It went beyond all my expectations, providing me with so much emotional and intellectual nourishment. I feel inspired and my heart aches. I want to read it again. I love Patti Smith.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, Suicide, and Terminal illness

kendallreadsbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use and Terminal illness

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

ariane's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Suicide

delaneyswann's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Patti Smith remembers her life as an artist in New York in the late 60s and early 70s, and her life with Robert Mapplethorpe as they rose to fame. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide, and Terminal illness

pollyflorence's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Grief, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt