Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

58 reviews

diaratewi's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death of parent

bookicornia's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Grief

bealittlebrave's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

A personal account more than general musings on grief. But then again grief feels deeply personal, and somehow it's universal in that.

I see myself returning to this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Moderate: Kidnapping

agda's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

It's hard to rate this, as it is such a personal book. I felt like I was reading Chimamanda's journal at the time and not necessarily a book. 

As someone who often reads about grief, I felt like althought she told me what was happening that was it. It did not present something new to me, in the sense that it still seems like the work of someone who just now meet grief and not yet had the time to duel on it and elaborate about it. And I do not say this trying to make it sound like it was a poor book. It was an intimate one, I almost felt like an intruder at times. 

It was beautiful and sad to hear about her love and I did like her narration.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

jakepasseri's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death of parent

Death of the author's father is the cause of the grief throughout the text and goes through the pain around his death

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Death, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, and War

klaragafvert's review against another edition

emotional reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

samarakroeger's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

would have benefitted from being longer; it just kind of ended 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

sabrina_lilah's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Grief

ejsreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

CNA captured the essence of her grief in a way that was beautifully poignant and profound. Many lines touched me and will stand out in my mind forever. She hit the nail on the head by describing the painful albeit honest notion of 'the world moves on but you are still stuck in your grief.' 

 

“Does love bring, even if unconsciously, the delusional arrogance of expecting never to be touched by grief?” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Grief