Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Just Kids by Patti Smith

37 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

pikkumarja's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

Kaunis, esteettinen kertomus kahdesta taiteilijasta ja heidän erikoislaatuisesta suhteestaan. Ihan kakaroita on todellakin runoilijan taideteos, jossa taiteilijoiden ja muusien roolit vaihtuvat ja ainoastaan rakkaus ja taide pysyy. Tässä on vähän rappioromantiikkaa, paljon surua ja kipuja, mutta samaan aikaan kaikki on niin erityistä ja ihmiset pitävät toisiaan kädestä.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Suicide, Transphobia, and War

leesima's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

A truly transformative read about living life through art resilient.

Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine. Melting in a pot of thieves, wild card up my sleeve. Thick, heart of stone, my sins, my own. They belong to me, me. People said, "Beware", but I don't care. Their words are just rules and regulations to me, me.

I walk in a room, you know I look so proud. I move in this here atmosphere where anything's allowed. Then I go to this here party and I just get bored. Until I look out the window, see a sweet young thing. Humping on a parking meter, leaning on the parking meter. Oh, she looks so good, oh, she looks so fine. And I've got this crazy feeling that I'm going to, ah-ah, make her mine... (Patti Smith, Gloria)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Drug use

Minor: Suicide

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

avasbookmark's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Terminal illness and Grief

Minor: Death and Suicide

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

mattyvreads's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

This was a really haunting and beautiful book. It took us through the life and death and eternal life of a friendship and relationship. Reading through the book didn’t make me cry, but thinking about it now is making me tear up.

The relational aspect of the book is much much more interesting to me than simply reading a book about Patti Smith’s rise to fame. This is such a unique and gorgeous read. The writing is superb.

Frankly, I am drawn to Patti Smith more as an author than as a poet or singer. Her prose is vulnerable and magnetizing.

The most successful element of this book for me is the way that she captures — in snapshots — her relationship with Robert. The least successful element of the book for me was the name droppy bits, where she would be like “and then Leonard Cohen used my napkin!”. Not that, but that.

Definitely want to read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicide, and Medical trauma

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

marinagodleyfisher's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicide