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lyricalsoul's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction and Alcohol
Moderate: Addiction, Grief, Alcoholism, Death, and Drug use
lawmixitup's review against another edition
Graphic: Drug use, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Addiction, Blood, Vomit, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Suicide, Death, and Alcoholism
Details of suicide are not discussed; impact of drug use; there are several injuries, including a list of gruesome ones from Grohl's childhood, as well as at least one fight; medical content is the primarily the result ofcosmiccappie's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Addiction, Drug use, and Alcohol
becphe's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Car accident, Alcoholism, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Drug use, Suicide, and Vomit
ghoulette's review against another edition
5.0
His sensibility, the representation of positive masculinity by which he expresses his feelings with such deep understanding of himself.
The bond he shares with music : how he prefers to use it as a mean to achieve greater purpose than to cope is refreshing to read.
The way he talks about his kids, the constant doubting he has of not spending enough time with them but then seeing them grow up to be incredible kids is heartwarming.
Overall, he has a way to connect with people which justify the authenticity of this man and makes me believe he is one of the best person in the music industry.
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, and Grief
autumnrevisited's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Drug use, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcoholism, and Addiction
maeverose's review against another edition
3.5
I read half of it physically and the second half I listened to the audiobook while also physically reading. I feel like that’s the best way to do it so you can both hear him tell you his stories while also seeing the photos included in the book (if you care about that. I thought they were fun). The audiobook also has an extra story at the end that isn’t in the physical book.
It’s very well written, I was actually surprised how much I liked his writing style. He really put his personality into it. I’d recommend this to anyone who likes Dave Grohl, is interested in reading about band life and someone slowly making their way to fame, or just if you like celebrity memoirs in general. If you’re a Nirvana or Foo Fighters fan, there isn’t a whole lot of focus on that stuff, it’s more just about his life overall. They’re both talked about of course but it’s not a big part of the book. I think you would also appreciate it a lot more if you grew up in the 70s or just listen to a lot of bands from the 60s/70s/80s.. Lots of references that went over my head, I wont lie (gen z here). A lot of the stories are about him meeting various idols of his, which got a bit redundant for me after a while. Surprisingly my favorite stories were the ones about his family and relationship with his daughters. I don’t usually care to read domestic stuff but you can tell how much he loves his family and I found those stories to be very heartwarming. He seems like a really nice and optimistic person.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Suicide, Grief, Cursing, and Death
Minor: Vomit and Alcoholism
pizzasprite's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Suicide and Alcoholism
Minor: Homophobia
allweseeorseem's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Grief, Body horror, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Suicide, and Vomit
karapillar's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Drug use, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Death
Minor: Death of parent, Mental illness, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Vomit