Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

None of This Rocks by Joe Trohman

4 reviews

kiwij96's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.75

Full of self-depricating humour, Joe Trohman recounts key moments of his life and how they have influenced his life to make him the person he is today. Humourous and reflective, this is one for the fans who want to get to know the self proclaimed "man behind the man behind the man" of Fall Out Boy.

I found it a bit repetitive in parts, or at least a bit back-and-forth-y, and though Trohman's writing style is chatty and self-deprecating, it does lead him to go off on tangents at times. And by times I mean entire paragraphs of "what relevance does this have to what you're trying to say?". That said, I did really enjoy reading this (aside from the occasional vulgarity and rape jokes).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Antisemitism, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lotsaplots's review

dark funny sad medium-paced

4.5

I loved the insight into Joe's life and way of thinking despite the heartbreaking stories he has to tell about his childhood and his place in Fall Out Boy. I thought the book was great and read it very quickly. My only complaints are that there is occasionally information repeated chapter to chapter as if this is a series of blog posts where someone is only starting to read in chapter 5 and 2 unnecessary rape jokes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, and Car accident

Moderate: Dysphoria and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal death and Rape

rayannotates's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Antisemitism

Minor: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

jourdanicus's review against another edition

funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Racial slurs, and Pandemic/Epidemic