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chluless's review against another edition
3.75
The name dropping is excessive, yet admittedly impressive, and does some work in setting the scene for the artistic community, and it’s slow disintegration as the world that Patti & Robert built together begins to fade.
This is a meandering and somewhat stilted read, but intensely personal, thought-provoking, and beautifully elegiac as it illuminates a portrait of two artists.
Or, two kids captured in formative moments.
Graphic: Drug use and Terminal illness
Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Pregnancy
Minor: Homophobia and Abortion
rach_murph17's review against another edition
4.25
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.
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Suicide
pikkumarja's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Violence, and Alcohol
Moderate: Cancer, Suicide, Transphobia, and War
faenth's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death and Drug use
Moderate: Homophobia, Terminal illness, Violence, Pregnancy, and Outing
mattyvreads's review against another edition
4.75
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.
Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicide, and Medical trauma
chrissysbooks's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Terminal illness
Minor: Pregnancy
thesupermassive's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Drug use
Moderate: Pregnancy
Minor: Homophobia
v2001's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death and Homophobia
andrewhatesham's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol
wrackcity's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Drug use and Pregnancy
Minor: Homophobia