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v_neptune's review
5.0
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
3.75
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).
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
pinkmalady's review
4.5
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
shermansays's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Medical content
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent
Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, and Alcohol
kingcrookback's review against another edition
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.
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