Reviews tagging 'Death'

Goodbye, Again: Essays, Reflections, and Illustrations by Jonny Sun

3 reviews

robinks's review against another edition

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funny reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

A lot of the stories really resonated with me and made me think. I especially loved On staying with friends; How to cook scrambled eggs; “Go slow;” On presence; Plants are already there, too; Something that Elissa told me once that I repeat to myself every day; Goodbye, again; and Your last 15 minutes before the end of the world, ranked from worst to best (I think I’ve read this last one somewhere before, and it is just as emotional reading it again). I also loved the juxtaposition and mirroring of Visiting happiness and Visiting sadness. I loved the varying formats and the inclusion of the drawings, which really amplified some of the stories. 
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hubes's review

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reflective medium-paced

4.5

Really wonderful and relatable (tho I'd recommend not reading the digital version on Libby since the images cut off text more often than not)
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anil's review

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dark reflective sad slow-paced

2.75

I picked this up because I read 'Your last 15 minutes before the end of the world, ranked from worst to best' which is one of the essays in here and which the author posted somewhere (Twitter I think).
Unfortunately that one is by far the best in this book, the rest range from just fine to meh. They are often very personal but unfortunately in ways that I found neither interesting nor relatable. 
It's not terribly written though. I suspect this may be a better reading experience for someone who is not me.
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