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A review by snakeboba
The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star by Nikki Sixx
4.0
Let me say I have never read a biography about anyone unless they were in a war nor written by themselves about themselves. This was something new and reading a year’s worth of Nikki Sixx’s life battling his demons was not something I would have believed to like in the first place. It was heartbreaking and amazing all at once. Listening to the soundtrack by the band he formed called Sixx A.M. made the experience even better, which I suggest doing if you deicide to read this book.
The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star by Nikki Sixx is the journal entries between the Christmas of 1986 to the Christmas of 1987 of his life battling his demons. As I said, this is something out of my ballpark of reads. I’m trying to push through a Kurt Cobain one at the moment and cannot pull through it, but I think the fact these are Nikki’s actual words makes this read so much more. Nikki also reflects on how he feels about those entries today and it adds to it all.
The Heroin Diaries is a glimpse to what a rotten childhood, drugs, alcohol, fame, money, resentment, and depression can do to someone. In a way, it is as if you are able to peel the armor off of Nikki piece by piece to see how damaged he really is under his bad attitude and crazy actions. He often refers to his mom and dad at how they both left him at one point and where most of his damage comes from. He is using the substance abuse to numb himself and in that there is the danger of where he feels he is invincible.
All of it is heartbreaking and amazing. His struggle to overcome his demons and not caring if he died all the same is like a train wreck you want to turn away from, but find it is impossible to do. I cannot say it is well written as they are journal entries, yet you can tell Nikki is far more intelligent than you may give him credit for. The way the entries, reflections, and art is put together is a well done layout.
That is where a star is knocked off for me. The color choices are great because red, white, and black always go together. The problem is though at times the way the colors are used made it hard for me to read and I ended up having to put the book down to keep from getting a headache. I would have to say that is the only flaw for me.
If you are one to read biographies and like the rock star kind then you may enjoy this. If you know who Nikki Sixx is or Mötley Crüe is then you could possibly enjoy it. If you are looking to branch out to something different then give this a try. I’m certainly glad I did and shall recommend it to all my friends I believe will like a taste of it.
I am definitely reading his next book Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography, And Life Through The Distorted Lens Of Nikki Sixx|9202591]
The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star by Nikki Sixx is the journal entries between the Christmas of 1986 to the Christmas of 1987 of his life battling his demons. As I said, this is something out of my ballpark of reads. I’m trying to push through a Kurt Cobain one at the moment and cannot pull through it, but I think the fact these are Nikki’s actual words makes this read so much more. Nikki also reflects on how he feels about those entries today and it adds to it all.
The Heroin Diaries is a glimpse to what a rotten childhood, drugs, alcohol, fame, money, resentment, and depression can do to someone. In a way, it is as if you are able to peel the armor off of Nikki piece by piece to see how damaged he really is under his bad attitude and crazy actions. He often refers to his mom and dad at how they both left him at one point and where most of his damage comes from. He is using the substance abuse to numb himself and in that there is the danger of where he feels he is invincible.
All of it is heartbreaking and amazing. His struggle to overcome his demons and not caring if he died all the same is like a train wreck you want to turn away from, but find it is impossible to do. I cannot say it is well written as they are journal entries, yet you can tell Nikki is far more intelligent than you may give him credit for. The way the entries, reflections, and art is put together is a well done layout.
That is where a star is knocked off for me. The color choices are great because red, white, and black always go together. The problem is though at times the way the colors are used made it hard for me to read and I ended up having to put the book down to keep from getting a headache. I would have to say that is the only flaw for me.
If you are one to read biographies and like the rock star kind then you may enjoy this. If you know who Nikki Sixx is or Mötley Crüe is then you could possibly enjoy it. If you are looking to branch out to something different then give this a try. I’m certainly glad I did and shall recommend it to all my friends I believe will like a taste of it.
I am definitely reading his next book Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography, And Life Through The Distorted Lens Of Nikki Sixx|9202591]