Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Trauer ist das Glück, geliebt zu haben by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

58 reviews

maxthefish's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Kidnapping, Medical content, and War

shellig93's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

This book is so beautiful. A short reflection I will read over and over - I would read a million more pages if she wrote them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

gabriella_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Incredibly sad and beautiful. Recommended for anyone grieving, especially during the pandemic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Panic attacks/disorders

guinness74's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Adichie is a strong, brilliant voice in the pantheon of writers that I enjoy. I have not read all of her works, but those I have speak to me. And, though I have been mostly untouched by the grief that she evinces in this short book, I am aware of the fleeting nature of human life and the realization that my own parents are coming into the sunset of their lives, so this book seems to have more to tell me in its wisdom. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: War, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Kidnapping

deenmachine's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Love a short grief book. Often that's all I really need or can handle. This one doesn't capture it all but it isn't meant to. A loving and bittersweet reflection on her father and what it is to lose someone you really, really care about

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: War

deidrelj's review against another edition

Didn’t connect with the author and the writing style. Expected more of a connection with the material but felt nothing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Grief

agnesbebon's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

ellecama's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

lbelow's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

I started reading this book hoping to find some guidance in navigating grief. I didn't find that, but Adichie, eloquent as ever, gave me something else: companionship in grief. I enjoyed reading about her father. It is clear how much she loved him. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Kidnapping

honeyvoiced's review against another edition

sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Kidnapping and Death