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None of This Rocks by Joe Trohman

14 reviews

erinwolf1997's review

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, and Car accident

xfallenxnightx's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

I’m a huge Fall Out Boy fan and knew I needed to pick up this book. I listened to the audiobook which is narrated by Joe and loved it. It’s like listening to stories with an old friend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Antisemitism

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