Reviews with content warning for Death of parent - Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?: the bestselling memoir

A thoughtful memoir, full of dry humor, and reflection of what it's like to lose a parent at a young age. He talks about many of the things no one else seems to talk about, or want to talk about. How the grief is such a different and lengthy process for someone so young. How in some ways he is still processing it. The setting of the memoir is also fascinating, as he grew up in Northern Ireland during "the troubles."

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sjanke2's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

I've been looking forward to this book for a while and was so excited when libro.fm offered it this month as an Advanced Listening Copy. I was also excited to see that the author himself narrated the audiobook.

Sometimes an audiobook narrator's voice is perfect, but their pitch does not translate well to listeners. Maybe their voice is too high, or their "S"es are too sharp. In this case, O'Reilly's vocal pitch was too low, and it was hard to hear his writing even with the volume turned up, especially while listening in a car.

I will probably reread this memoir in print and give it the five stars it deserves. The parts I did hear were tender, humorous, and in complete adoration of his widowered dad.

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emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0

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emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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