Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Just Kids by Patti Smith

25 reviews

rach_murph17's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

Patti Smith created a literary piece of genius. The way she writes is very beautiful and poetic. The book its self feels almost like a song - the chorus being Patti and Robert’s mutual love and inspiration of each other. Even though I knew what the end would entail, it still brought me to tears with the raw emotional and recollection of Smith. The art through out was a great way of building their world and the images of the art they created. 
It was a little slow at the beginning. I did have to look up some people, but it was worth it to hear their story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Suicide

korol_rezni's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide, and Terminal illness

raesansom's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

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

baerbl's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Grief

haileyeh's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

2.75

The codependency is off the charts

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy

hcnorris's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Suicide, and Grief

Minor: Addiction and Sexual content

dearbhlanoonan's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, and Suicide

bookwomyn's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

5.0

I saw Patti Smith in Brooklyn right after Christmas 2023 and was blown away at her stage presence and how great her voice still is, so I was hoping Just Kids would be as wonderful. It did not disappoint. I understand why it won a National Book Award. Anyone interested in late 60s-early 70s rockers and the New York art scene during that same time period should read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Sexual content

theinkdrinkerhouse's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

For a nonfiction read, 5 stars. However, I’d dock it a 0.5 on a personal thing due to moments where I had to research people she was referring since there were names I either had no idea or knew of them but not their name. So, it took me out of my immersion at times. But, once again, personal experience issue and not the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide

emabled's review

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

i never read non fiction. i picked this book up purely because a single person said it was good. instinct drove me to read it and i'm very glad i did.

what a beautiful book. a love letter to art, and even more so a literal love letter from patti to robert. their story is rich and encompassing. you feel the need to pay attention while reading, you feel the eminence of robert and patti's significance.

i will say that the countless names, of famous musicians, poets, photographers, producers, etc. was what took me out of the story a bit. i am not well read in hollywood or adjacent culture, especially not that of the 60s-90s, so this had me very confused. there was, most of the time, apt description of these celebrities so i would have enough context to continue, but sometimes it was like i was expected to know these names and histories.

anyway, the prose was gorgeous. patti smith has poetry in her veins. her storytelling is captivating and gorgeous simultaneously, her love for others and theirs for hers so present in her recollections. i did just talk negatively about the constant name dropping, but i will say that it also creates a lovely metaphor: we are who we meet. we are mosaics of everyone we interact with. patti depicts that like a true artist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Body horror and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction