Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

A Living Remedy by Nicole Chung

20 reviews

aweekinthelife's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

content/material-wise, this book like a part ii/continuation of Chung's previous memoir, All You Can Ever Know. 

the bulk of the book is reflecting on her relationship with her parents post-college, their illnesses (renal failure ande cancer), and losing them - all while located on the other side of the country and later, unexpectedly due to the pandemic. the reflections on her grief are moving and the memoir underscores the failure of our (US) healthcare system and how her middle class (self-identified label) parents struggled to afford and have access to real healthcare amidst job losses. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

zalouis's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Racism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Fire/Fire injury

sestep's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Cancer, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Death

Minor: Xenophobia and Racism

victoriathuyvi's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cancer, Mental illness, Grief, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

elisecavanaugh's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer

flattrash's review against another edition

The pacing and repetition made me feel like this book should’ve been an essay or novella.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cancer

melissafirman's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lorenag5's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, Cancer, Death, Chronic illness, Classism, Grief, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

rei_reads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Cancer

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

jiao_li's review

emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

3.5

It was my first time reading a memoir from an adoptee child, and it delved deeply into the impact of loss. I actually liked the writing style, but it was kinda boring at some parts.

The book was fast-paced. I was hoping Nicole would dive deeper into her family story, especially the good memories, so I could feel the grief more. But overall, what she delivered in the book was actually pretty good. I always feel sad when I read a memoir about losing a parent.

In conclusion, the memoir successfully delivered the themes of family and grief. Although some aspects could've been further developed, its narrative was pretty good, making it a worthy read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Minor: Cancer and Terminal illness