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Trauer ist das Glück, geliebt zu haben by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
90 reviews
lauren16297's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: War and Death
lisapparition's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Kidnapping
colormemolly's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent and Grief
grandmerin's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Grief and Death of parent
Moderate: Kidnapping, War, and Death of parent
claraamd's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent
blakeandbooks's review against another edition
5.0
It’s a short read, but it packs a punch to the gut. Reading her words on loss and grief made me sit with her words and my own feelings on those I’ve lost. It can be difficult to evoke emotions from others, and Chimamanda always does such an incredible job of peeling back layers and making the reader feel and empathize.
If you are grieving or have grieved or just want to read a beautifully written book, I recommend reading these notes. She did not have to be vulnerable and lay out these words to us, but I am grateful that she did.
Graphic: Grief and Death of parent
Moderate: Death
justagirlwithbooks's review against another edition
4.0
“A friend sends me a line from my novel: 'Grief was the celebration of love, those who could feel real grief were lucky to have loved.' How odd to find it so exquisitely painful to read my own words.”
This was a short memoir about grief, and it would have hit harder if I read this two years ago, but overall, it was a good read. I really enjoy reading books that explore complex emotions, grief being one of them.
Graphic: Death of parent and Grief
danimcthomas's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent and Grief
jordan_noel's review against another edition
4.25
Reading it, I often felt myself distancing from Adichie’s explanation of grief. I often had very different experiences in dealing with my mother’s death and found we had very differing views of grieving and being able to continue with life.
Still, Adichie’s honest, hopeful reflections were a great comfort in grief and isolation nonetheless.
Graphic: Death of parent
Minor: War
diegor's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Death of parent