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Just Kids by Patti Smith

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zozosbooks's review against another edition

3.0

This is inspiring to hear of Robert and Patti’s love and how it always influenced their art. I loved reading about their artistic process and I loved reading about their relationship. I only wish there was a bit more of that as apposed to just recounting facts and saying names. While the point of the book was to talk about their relationship, I still felt pretty mystified by it at the end.

lokalnagienia's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

czy to ja skończyłam tę książkę, czy też ona skończyła mnie? (zdecydowanie to drugie)

astrofairy111's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

jennygutz22's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

oleksandra_249's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

benedettal's review against another edition

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4.5

My goodness this was so incredible. The prose!! The life, the stories, the art, the heartbreak! But I want to highlight the prose because none of this would be half as compelling without it. What a gorgeous book to read. You don’t need any background knowledge, it just takes you on such a ride from page one, crafting such a lovely tribute to Robert, and letting you know exactly what it is from the get go. All you need to do is keep reading and feel more and more tenderness for these young kids following their passions and being embraced but one of the most incredible artistic community of all time.

The Chelsea Hotel and the Factory and other artists communes in NYC in the 70s play a huge part in this story, and Patti tells it in a way that only a true insider could. All the people she mentions are so interesting too, without having to name drop or anything. Like we know who she is, even though in the story she’s not the revolutionary singer yet. I just really liked how she expresses nothing but love and kindness throughout the book. It made me sort of emotional. Still can’t stand her music, honestly so gutted about that.