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This Is Gonna Hurt (Enhanced Edition): Music, Photography And Life Through The Distorted Lens Of Nikki Sixx (2011)

by Nikki Sixx(Favorite Author)

4.22 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0062094327 (ISBN13: 9780062094322)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

HarperCollins eBooks

review 1: Nikki Sixx is inspiring and this book is no different. He tells his life story a lot and that is awesome, but the thing that amazed me about this book is his perspective. The photography is gripping and haunting. I got the book from the book tour he did when it was released. I didn't get to go to the book signing, but my sister went for me. I finished this in 2 days. I couldn't put it down.I grow more and more amazed with every new project that Nikki Sixx has. I grew up in the 80's and my first true love was Motley Crue, I adore them. However, as Nikki's sobriety progressed and we got to see more and more of his inner self, I almost felt deprived at not having it all those years.I recommend this HIGHLY to anyone. Can't wait for his next book!
review 2: I abso... morelutely loved Dr. Feelgood in my mid-teens then kind of forgot about Crue until about a decade ago. I rediscovered them and found I absolutely loved them. Since then I've considered them one of my favourite bands. I loved their biography 'The Dirt' (probably the best rock biography I have ever read) and I thought Sixx's 'The Heroin Diaries' was an amazing piece of work and a insight into a genuinely troubled soul. The other important thing to add is that the version of the book I have is an e-version. I don't think the format is the best to appreciate the photography and artwork.The book is broadly in three sections, Sixx's photography, passion for it and feelings behind it, a reflection on his life and some ideas for how one should live their life and a short tour diary.In the book Sixx hopes to provoke a reaction to his photography, either one of appreciation or disgust. He believes it isn't possible to be ambivalent to it. My overwhelming feeling was exactly that however. I think there was only one piece that I felt moved by in any way. Maybe I don't get it or don't care enough to appreciate it. I certainly didn't find much shocking, beautiful or thought provoking.A large part of the book focuses on Sixx's presentation of beauty and were beauty is found. I get that people change and the perspective of a 20 year old is different from that of a 30 year old but this section is almost laughable. Try reading these sections straight after watching the video of 'Girls, Girls, Girls'.... I understand his point that the downtrodden and poor are beautiful people and we should see that rather than walk past treating (in particular the homeless) them as invisible. This is an issue for me as I don't think he really gave these people a voice, rather I felt like, 'Hi, I'm a rock star, here's some dollars, can I take a picture of you bums...'. His intention doesn't really shine through. I get his point about people judging others by how they look but to be blunt I felt it pretty offensive him comparing people's perceptions to someone who is heavily tattooed (a choice an individual fully takes) and that of people judging by skin colour. Yes, hundreds of years of slavery and racial prejudice and current economic and social disadvantage is exactly the same as someone making a double take at a tattooed rock star. Yes, a tattooed millionaire rock star suffers from people making perceptions about them exactly the same as a homeless black guy. This was bullshit.This is a 'self help' book, but it's a 'self-help' book for Sixx only and that's okay. If you read his sections on guidance for living one's life it's clear that it's contradictory (see the sections on renegotiating your life and having patience for example). That's okay, because with any life we have to adjust what's important and deal with things in different ways. The book rambles a fair bit and perhaps would benefit from an editor. I get that this is 'not Nikki' but from a reader perspective the book is all over the place.There are sections about Sixx's past but if you've read 'The Heroin Diaries' then there is nothing new here. In fact in 'Diaries' the pain and suffering really came through. Comparing the two books is really easy - 'Heroin Diaries' is tortured, difficult, honest (in the context of the book - Sixx is honest about his problems with honesty, even to the extent of lying to his own private journal about his drug usage).The tour journals are kind of interesting, and I think this is where Sixx is at his best. Writes whatever he is thinking on the day - it's indulgent, self-reflective but has an 'honest' voice to it. I've no doubt that in the context of his life he is an intelligent guy, fully aware of his own failings and successes. He appreciates his success and the problems that are attached to it. He's a really interesting person and writer. It's just that this book is a bit of a waste of time, it's as though Sixx wanted to release a photography book and there just wasn't enough text so we got a mismatch of ideas and rambling. I strongly recommend 'The Dirt' and 'The Heroin Diaries' but this is only worth reading if you're interested in photography. less

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Elizabth

This book was a joke to me. All it is is Nikki talking like he's some huge life lessons advice person and spewing crap like "everyone is beautiful" when I know for a fact he doesn't actually believe that. He does take good pictures but this book is a boring read, unless you actually like reading self help books/advice books. It was gifted to me for my birthday one year, I'm glad I didn't actually spend my own money on it.

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rarabooks

another great book from Nikki. love hearing his POV on life

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