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lisapparition's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Kidnapping
colormemolly's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Grief
grandmerin's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
3.5
took a while to connect with the story because i didn’t know her dad, feels like a published journal entry. there are some good lines but nothing spectacular either
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Death of parent
Moderate: Kidnapping, War, and Death of parent
claraamd's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
blakeandbooks's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Chimamanda writes with such vulnerable emotions on grieving her father that you cannot help but feel her grief yourself. Especially if you’ve ever lost someone you love and cherish, losing them can take such a toll on your overall wellbeing. You feel that through every line of this book. We all lived through COVID and the isolation and loneliness that it brought upon us. She peels back the curtain on what it was like for her family to all have to video chat weekly, only to be told one day her father passed away in their home in Nigeria and having to delay the funeral due to airports being shut down and no flights going in or out of countries. I had 4 family members pass during COVID (2 from COVID), and it was awful to experience being unable to properly gather for our loved ones and grieve together during that time.
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.
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.
Content Warnings
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.
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Graphic: Death of parent and Grief
danimcthomas's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Grief
jordan_noel's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
4.25
I read this book after I lost my mom, hoping to find some solidarity and comfort.
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Minor: War
diegor's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Semplicemente una delicatissima rappresentazione del modo in cui l'autrice ha elaborato il lutto generato dalla scomparsa del padre, una serie di pensieri scollegati che ripercorrono il suo flusso mentale in un momento difficile come quello. Eccezionale
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent
caoxtina's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Death of parent