Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl

45 reviews

the_escapist's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, Death, Drug abuse, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Suicide, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Vomit

laheath's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Nostalgic, mostly fun, anecdotes from the author's life told with much love and respect for his family and musicians who have inspired him. Even if you're only somewhat familiar with his music, his stories of meeting/performing/collaborating with so many other artists, crossing genres, are entertaining. He addresses the death of Kurt Cobain during his days with Nirvana and how that put him in a tailspin, so it's heartbreaking to imagine how the recent death of Foo Fighters bandmate, Taylor Hawkins, affected him, when he refers to him throughout this book as his best friend. He talks about his daughters and being a father, but remains private about meeting his wife and their relationship. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, and Cursing

Minor: Addiction, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, and Drug abuse

taratearex's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced

5.0

I had put this book on hold at the library and then realized he read the audiobook and quickly switched my hold. This was a joy to listen to, as a long time fan of Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters I figured I would love this, but it really exceeded my expectations. He really is a great storyteller and so entertaining, and his stories are actually interesting and relevant, especially if you are a lover of music- particularly punk and rock, there's just so much music history in this book. I haven't laughed out loud and cried so much during a book in a while. There's also a spotify playlist of all the songs and bands he references in this book, it's a lot!

CW: death, drug use, overdose 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

allweseeorseem's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Grief, Body horror, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Suicide, and Vomit

korischultz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Suicide, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Grief

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

mmccombs's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.5

I <3 Dave Grohl. He’s such a natural storyteller and his positive outlook on life was so fun to inhabit while listening to this book. It was basically a long love letter to his mom which gets me every time. Highly recommend listening to the audiobook, it really just felt like I was hanging out in a room with him while he told me WILD life stories (Joan Jett reading his daughter bed time stories?! I mean come on). He’s a guy I really want to be friends with, down to earth with great nuggets of wisdom, this book was just a delight!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Grief, and Cursing

karapillar's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

snowbrigade84's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Dave Grohl seems like the most down to Earth musician to walk the planet. His story of faking it until you make it is inspiring and hilarious.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Suicide, Cursing, Death, and Grief

lucymosscrop's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Grief

Minor: Suicide

charlottejones952's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt