Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

None of This Rocks by Joe Trohman

7 reviews

v_neptune's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Antisemitism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, and Grief

Minor: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Suicidal thoughts

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

pinkmalady's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Vomit, Car accident, Toxic friendship, and Classism

javafenn's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

I loved this memoir! It gave me so much insight into my absolute favorite band. Seeing how much turmoil he went through in his youth with a very mentally abusive mother and then navigating life with intense insecurities, imposter syndrome, and terrible depression felt so human considering he’s a rock star. It was an easy read and only gets a 4 star because sometimes his self depreciation and ramblings went on too long. Other than that it’s a great read.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

kingcrookback's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

I made a playlist of the individual songs mentioned by name in the book, if anyone's interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6EfjS2lgJOWe9XsExa8wQm?si=a8d282ca2e2347c1

Joe's got a very distinct voice that's very consistent throughout the entire book--a deliberate derailing of seriousness. Readers will quickly learn the reasons why that is. But he steers us between painful and humorous within the same page, if not the same paragraph, in a way that (usually) doesn't feel unfocused. It's not a flaw, more a feature of how his sense of humor works. All in all, this is a very engaging, illuminating, and at times heartwarming (man loves his family and friends) memoir from an artist that often gets shafted as "that other, other guy from Fall Out Boy."

Be warned: lotta piss and dick talk. Like...last time I thought "God, enough about your dick!" this many times, I was reading The Sun Also Rises. Way less racist and antisemitic, though. Also, he maybe should've censored that one racist slur, though I understand that he included it to illustrate the hostility of the neighborhood he was describing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Homophobia, Mental illness, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, and Rape

sliceofsav's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

5.0

As a Fall Out Boy super fan I could not have been more excited to get an ARC of this book. I've always loved Joe's interviews and his podcast. He's such a funny person and instantly that showed through in this book. Even as this book touched on dark themes, his jokes had me laughing out loud. I loved getting to know more about Joe and his life. Hearing his perspective on not only on his career but the scene that shaped them and living life as a member of a famous band was incredibly interesting. My only complaint would be that I want more! This book could have been 1000 pages and I would have read all of it. I love his writing style, his story, and his humor. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, and Emotional abuse