diff --git a/src/room/canonical_alias.rs b/src/room/canonical_alias.rs
index 7280650b..1e5530ee 100644
--- a/src/room/canonical_alias.rs
+++ b/src/room/canonical_alias.rs
@@ -147,6 +147,39 @@ impl_state_event!(
     EventType::RoomCanonicalAlias
 );
 
+impl FromStr for CanonicalAliasEventContent {
+    type Err = InvalidEvent;
+
+    /// Attempt to create `Self` from parsing a string of JSON data.
+    fn from_str(json: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        let raw = match serde_json::from_str::<raw::CanonicalAliasEventContent>(json) {
+            Ok(raw) => raw,
+            Err(error) => match serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(json) {
+                Ok(value) => {
+                    return Err(InvalidEvent(InnerInvalidEvent::Validation {
+                        json: value,
+                        message: error.to_string(),
+                    }));
+                }
+                Err(error) => {
+                    return Err(InvalidEvent(InnerInvalidEvent::Deserialization { error }));
+                }
+            },
+        };
+
+        Ok(Self { alias: raw.alias })
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> TryFrom<&'a str> for CanonicalAliasEventContent {
+    type Error = InvalidEvent;
+
+    /// Attempt to create `Self` from parsing a string of JSON data.
+    fn try_from(json: &'a str) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        FromStr::from_str(json)
+    }
+}
+
 mod raw {
     use super::*;
 
diff --git a/src/room/name.rs b/src/room/name.rs
index e8181364..3c1019c8 100644
--- a/src/room/name.rs
+++ b/src/room/name.rs
@@ -163,6 +163,39 @@ impl NameEventContent {
     }
 }
 
+impl FromStr for NameEventContent {
+    type Err = InvalidEvent;
+
+    /// Attempt to create `Self` from parsing a string of JSON data.
+    fn from_str(json: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        let raw = match serde_json::from_str::<raw::NameEventContent>(json) {
+            Ok(raw) => raw,
+            Err(error) => match serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(json) {
+                Ok(value) => {
+                    return Err(InvalidEvent(InnerInvalidEvent::Validation {
+                        json: value,
+                        message: error.to_string(),
+                    }));
+                }
+                Err(error) => {
+                    return Err(InvalidEvent(InnerInvalidEvent::Deserialization { error }));
+                }
+            },
+        };
+
+        Ok(Self { name: raw.name })
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> TryFrom<&'a str> for NameEventContent {
+    type Error = InvalidEvent;
+
+    /// Attempt to create `Self` from parsing a string of JSON data.
+    fn try_from(json: &'a str) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        FromStr::from_str(json)
+    }
+}
+
 mod raw {
     use super::*;
 
diff --git a/src/room/power_levels.rs b/src/room/power_levels.rs
index 19c66716..a64d993d 100644
--- a/src/room/power_levels.rs
+++ b/src/room/power_levels.rs
@@ -202,6 +202,50 @@ impl_state_event!(
     EventType::RoomPowerLevels
 );
 
+impl FromStr for PowerLevelsEventContent {
+    type Err = InvalidEvent;
+
+    /// Attempt to create `Self` from parsing a string of JSON data.
+    fn from_str(json: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        let raw = match serde_json::from_str::<raw::PowerLevelsEventContent>(json) {
+            Ok(raw) => raw,
+            Err(error) => match serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(json) {
+                Ok(value) => {
+                    return Err(InvalidEvent(InnerInvalidEvent::Validation {
+                        json: value,
+                        message: error.to_string(),
+                    }));
+                }
+                Err(error) => {
+                    return Err(InvalidEvent(InnerInvalidEvent::Deserialization { error }));
+                }
+            },
+        };
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            ban: raw.ban,
+            events: raw.events,
+            events_default: raw.events_default,
+            invite: raw.invite,
+            kick: raw.kick,
+            redact: raw.redact,
+            state_default: raw.state_default,
+            users: raw.users,
+            users_default: raw.users_default,
+            notifications: raw.notifications,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> TryFrom<&'a str> for PowerLevelsEventContent {
+    type Error = InvalidEvent;
+
+    /// Attempt to create `Self` from parsing a string of JSON data.
+    fn try_from(json: &'a str) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        FromStr::from_str(json)
+    }
+}
+
 mod raw {
     use super::*;
 
diff --git a/src/room/server_acl.rs b/src/room/server_acl.rs
index e5e09a77..1f486552 100644
--- a/src/room/server_acl.rs
+++ b/src/room/server_acl.rs
@@ -133,61 +133,46 @@ impl Serialize for ServerAclEvent {
     }
 }
 
-impl Event for ServerAclEvent {
-    /// The type of this event's `content` field.
-    type Content = ServerAclEventContent;
+impl_state_event!(
+    ServerAclEvent,
+    ServerAclEventContent,
+    EventType::RoomServerAcl
+);
 
-    /// The event's content.
-    fn content(&self) -> &Self::Content {
-        &self.content
-    }
+impl FromStr for ServerAclEventContent {
+    type Err = InvalidEvent;
 
-    /// The type of the event.
-    fn event_type(&self) -> EventType {
-        EventType::RoomServerAcl
+    /// Attempt to create `Self` from parsing a string of JSON data.
+    fn from_str(json: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        let raw = match serde_json::from_str::<raw::ServerAclEventContent>(json) {
+            Ok(raw) => raw,
+            Err(error) => match serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(json) {
+                Ok(value) => {
+                    return Err(InvalidEvent(InnerInvalidEvent::Validation {
+                        json: value,
+                        message: error.to_string(),
+                    }));
+                }
+                Err(error) => {
+                    return Err(InvalidEvent(InnerInvalidEvent::Deserialization { error }));
+                }
+            },
+        };
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            allow_ip_literals: raw.allow_ip_literals,
+            allow: raw.allow,
+            deny: raw.deny,
+        })
     }
 }
 
-impl RoomEvent for ServerAclEvent {
-    /// The unique identifier for the event.
-    fn event_id(&self) -> &EventId {
-        &self.event_id
-    }
+impl<'a> TryFrom<&'a str> for ServerAclEventContent {
+    type Error = InvalidEvent;
 
-    /// Timestamp (milliseconds since the UNIX epoch) on originating homeserver when this event was
-    /// sent.
-    fn origin_server_ts(&self) -> UInt {
-        self.origin_server_ts
-    }
-
-    /// The unique identifier for the room associated with this event.
-    ///
-    /// This can be `None` if the event came from a context where there is
-    /// no ambiguity which room it belongs to, like a `/sync` response for example.
-    fn room_id(&self) -> Option<&RoomId> {
-        self.room_id.as_ref()
-    }
-
-    /// The unique identifier for the user who sent this event.
-    fn sender(&self) -> &UserId {
-        &self.sender
-    }
-
-    /// Additional key-value pairs not signed by the homeserver.
-    fn unsigned(&self) -> Option<&Value> {
-        self.unsigned.as_ref()
-    }
-}
-
-impl StateEvent for ServerAclEvent {
-    /// The previous content for this state key, if any.
-    fn prev_content(&self) -> Option<&Self::Content> {
-        self.prev_content.as_ref()
-    }
-
-    /// A key that determines which piece of room state the event represents.
-    fn state_key(&self) -> &str {
-        &self.state_key
+    /// Attempt to create `Self` from parsing a string of JSON data.
+    fn try_from(json: &'a str) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        FromStr::from_str(json)
     }
 }