The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star by Nikki Sixx Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star
Book Review: Gluegun gone wrong??
Summary: 3 Stars
This book came to me in excellent condition, but after having it for a month, the pages are coming out.
However, reading the book puts the reader right there with Nikki Sixx....his troubles, his triumps. I believe it is a completely honest book about the author. If you like autobiographies not written in the first person, then this book is not for you. If you want to read this book, you will be delving into his own personal hell, but will relish in his triumps. Get ready for a ride that you, the reader, will have no control over!!!
Book Review: Heroin Diaries
Summary: 5 Stars
In a word, 'riveting'. It is hard to imagine someone could abuse themselves to this degree and make it out alive. Shockingly graphic, brutally honest, impossible to put down. I read this book in one day. Readers will be amazed at how lucid, and often funny, Nikki's thoughts are, even at the height of his drug and alcohol abuse. Truly incredible story. Book Review: OK I guess
Summary: 2 Stars
The book the DIRT by and about Motley Crue was much much better. Here we have a visually overcrowded memoir by Nikki Six that lacks a clear storyline and does only cover a small part of his career. It simply does document his excessive llifestyle in a not very interesting way.Book Review: Nikki Donates Profits from this Book to His Charity that Helps Runaway Kids!!
Summary: 5 Stars
An Amazing Book!!! Nikki Sixx bares his soul in this Diary. Nikki exposes the devastating toll that his drug and alcohol addictions take on his life and those around him. This book is filled with very graphic depictions of the life of a Rock Star who has it all and hits rock-bottom with his Heroin addiction and severe depression.
There are many reviewers who have criticized how sincere Nikki Sixx is in releasing this book and I have to wonder why they are being so hard on Nikki. Releasing this book is a very courageous move on the part of this very famous and talented man. Nikki Sixx could very well have kept all these horror stories to himself but instead he hopes that his story can hopefully help others. In his Introduction he makes it clear why he has written this book. "So why have I decided to publish these insane diaries and show the world just what a f*****-up, strung-out madman I was at the height of my success? Well, it's simple. If one person reads this book and doesn't have to go down the same road as me, it was worth sharing my personal hell with them. I'm also donating profits from this book to help runaway kids at a charity I set up called Running Wild in the Night through Covenant House.... They say to keep what you have, you have to give it away. I believe that.... If life is what you make it, I've made mine great. It took a lot of hard work and if you need to, you can do it too."
Nikki Sixx demonstrates his sincere desire to stay in recovery from his addictions; one of the surest ways to help stay on track is to reach out to others and try to help them avoid the route he took. By writing this book to help others Nikki is able to help himself stay strong and stay drug-free. As a celebrity he is able to reach out to so many people and he is using his position and influence in a positive way. It is wonderful that the profits from this book are donated to his charity Running Wild in the Night with Covenant House to help runaway kids!
This book is filled with hope and inspiration and can be useful to anyone who is going through a hard time and thinks things will never get better. I highly recommend this book and the Soundtrack of the Heroin Diaries to any Motley Crue fan! Thumbs up to Nikki Sixx for being brave enough to expose his weakness in the hopes of helping others. May Nikki Sixx continue to remain sober, drug-free and free from the burdon of depression.
Book Review: Amazing
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is amazing, not just because I am a Crue fan but also as an avid reader. The way this book is done is refreshing, the diary entries and then modern day comment from Nikki and others around at that time. A whole new insight to the then and now type of writing. I loved it! He brings you into the darkness of his closet and then with modern entries bring you back into the light. This book should be read by anyone dealing with addictions and depression issues because it will give you hope.