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4.52 AVERAGE
4.52 AVERAGE
reflective
sad
fast-paced
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness
No m'atreveixo a fer una review d'aquest llibre però és una de les millors coses que he llegit mai. Sento que decebria l'autora si intentés criticar la seva obra.
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Suicide
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Every word carefully placed in this memoir. Yiyun Li's book is spare and honest. Now and now and now. I will likely revisit this book later, as I read it during a fraught personal time.
reading books on grief often feels like reading someone's diary without them knowing -- like, maybe i should not be reading this. it's a very personal pain li talks about and she does it in a way that many people won't relate to. but i also, like her, think more than feel, and it's heartbreaking that many people don't understand that kind of sorrow and i'm glad i read about someone who experiences grief in a similar way. there are some beautiful insights in here but the book was a means to an end: trying to grapple with the loss of her son; because of this i don't recommend it to everybody, but if you've ever lost someone and feel like reading these kinds of books to cope with it, it's certainly a valid option.
thank you to the publisher for the e-arc.
thank you to the publisher for the e-arc.
challenging
sad
medium-paced
Tough book to review… So I'm just going to refer to Liz' review (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7545251117), which pretty much describes how I feel.
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Enjoyment/Engrossment 6
Narration 5
Topic 6
Writing Style 6
Execution/Pace 6
Execution/Setup 6
Enjoyment/Engrossment 6
Narration 5