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Just Kids by Patti Smith

23 reviews

siebensommer's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

3.5

das geht gar nicht. das ist wie schlagzeugspielen - wenn man den einen beat auslässt, erzeugt man einen neuen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Eating disorder and Suicide

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

reverie_and_books's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Just Kids by Patti Smith - Review (🇬🇧 + 🇩🇪)

Smith writes about her life in the seventies and eighties as well as her shared experiences with Robert Mapplethorpe: two artists who were each others muses.

From lovers to friends with a sibling-like bond. From poor AF dreamers to acknowledged artists. Their story gives an open account on life itself and the art scene in New York City.

Starting this book the reader knows about the lack of a happy ending. But it’s rich in hopes, dreams, memories and the acceptance of a thing called being alive. It’s a great read for everyone who has a heart for modern art, rock music, poetry or an alternative NYC. Her writing impressed me a lot! 

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🇩🇪 Just Kids von Patti Smith

Smith beschreibt ihren Lebensweg in den 70ern und 80ern, der untrennbar mit dem von Robert Mapplethorpe verbunden war: Zwei Kunstschaffende, die sich gegenseitig ihre Musen waren. 

Von Liebenden zu Freunden mit geschwisterlicher Verbundenheit. Von bettelarmen Träumern zu anerkannten Künstlern. Ihre gemeinsame Geschichte lässt tief blicken in das Leben als solches und das Treiben in New York. 

Von Seite 1 ist klar, dass es kein Happy End geben wird. Aber es ist reich an Hoffnung, Erinnerungen und der schlichten Akzeptanz des Seins. Sehr lesenswert für alle, die sich mit modernerer Kunst, Rock, Poesie oder dem alternativen New York irgendwie verbunden fühlen. Ich war von ihrer Art zu schreiben sehr beeindruckt!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, and Drug use

thmei's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Terminal illness

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy

for the addiction & drug use tags: she & especially robert use drugs casually, mostly hallucinogens and later weed, and if i remember correctly they befriend some alcoholics but nothing particularly distressing or graphic is described, it’s just frequently mentioned. they have some bad trips but mostly lots of fun and creativity. for the pregnancy tag:

patti is briefly pregnant at 19 towards the beginning of the book and describes being treated badly during labor and the bittersweet sadness of giving up a child. she is also pregnant again as a married adult during the last chapter.

nothing is graphic at all. for the grief and death tags: robert’s death

from aids, as well as the death of his partner sam wagstaff,

is the primary focus of the last two chapters. you know from the prologue that he will die. these chapters are quite short and i personally didn’t find them overwhelming, but they are sad and the hopefulness at the beginning of this ordeal is very sad to the reader, who knows what will inevitably happen. it’s also quite easy to predict what will occur given the events of the book and any knowledge of the era, even with no knowledge of patti smith’s life. it is still extremely upsetting.

jodielk93's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Suicide, and Pregnancy

illicitrature's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring lighthearted sad slow-paced

2.75

somewhere around 2.75 or 3⭐️

i saw someone said that in order for someone to read a memoir, there are two things to consider, i forgot the other thing they mentioned, but the other one truly describes why i pick this up: for curiosity, to catch something that piques my interest. though i would like to say that this is somehow a hit or miss… 

this is written in a form where it is very easy to read: it is direct to the point— as well as it isn’t. somehow, it felt like a chore reading this because there were lots of names mentioned, and there were a lot of things that felt repetitive. 

(would expound my thoughts regarding this book on my booksta review)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Death

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Abortion

moraleegray's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

sometimes the namedropping was too much, but the last pages got me crying as if I had known all these people as my own friends and was mourning their loss 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Terminal illness

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Suicide, and Religious bigotry

idleminds's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Homophobia, and Terminal illness

nochnitsa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

What a beautiful, honest, pure and sad book. It went beyond all my expectations, providing me with so much emotional and intellectual nourishment. I feel inspired and my heart aches. I want to read it again. I love Patti Smith.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

karlasplanet's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, and Drug abuse

Minor: Self harm and Suicide

saowahreads's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.25

this book was ok to me. personally i felt no connection to this book - a lot of the name dropping and references to the 60s-70s didnt rlly affect me since i know practically nothing about life during this time. i thought the writing style was kind of difficult to read. i definitely should’ve chosen a different book (perhaps a more easy read) to start getting back into reading. however i was very engrossed in the relationships built and discussed in the book, i thought the author did a good job at that 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, and Terminal illness

Minor: Sexual content and Pregnancy