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4.32 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
I don't really know what to say about this book. It was gifted to me by a man and I think that speaks volumes in itself already.
I found that much of the existential life dread and death anxiety Irv was experiencing had already occurred to me at the ripe old age of 12. I think his writing was helpful in some ways of understanding and looking through someone else's eyes in a traumatic experience. I was just so very shocked that someone who specialised in spousal grief throughout his career had such a whole world collapse once it was happening to him.
I did find myself able to relate a lot more to Marilyn's chapters and the sense of fulfilment she felt in her life, that she had no fear as to what would happen once she died. Her chapters felt more reflective and freeing she knew what was ahead of her and she welcomed it fully and wholeheartedly. I found her perspective of death and that stark contrast in the fear of the end her husband had so freeing and more relatable to who I am as a person.
I found that much of the existential life dread and death anxiety Irv was experiencing had already occurred to me at the ripe old age of 12. I think his writing was helpful in some ways of understanding and looking through someone else's eyes in a traumatic experience. I was just so very shocked that someone who specialised in spousal grief throughout his career had such a whole world collapse once it was happening to him.
I did find myself able to relate a lot more to Marilyn's chapters and the sense of fulfilment she felt in her life, that she had no fear as to what would happen once she died. Her chapters felt more reflective and freeing she knew what was ahead of her and she welcomed it fully and wholeheartedly. I found her perspective of death and that stark contrast in the fear of the end her husband had so freeing and more relatable to who I am as a person.
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
A really emotional, moving and interesting read on bereavement, grief, loss and old age. I took my time with this one and I'm glad I did. It feels wrong to rate this book because it's not just a book. It's a man coming to terms with his wife's death, his death anxiety and knowing what it is to live alone. It's a memoir and a product of the love of two people who've never known a life without each other. How do you rate something so raw and personal?
I found it to be a very moving and enlightening book that constantly had me reaching for the tissue box.
I found it to be a very moving and enlightening book that constantly had me reaching for the tissue box.
slow-paced
Ich habe immer so zwei Kapitel pro Tag gelesen und gemerkt, wie ich Tag um Tag trauriger wurde. Vor allem im letzten Drittel, wo es um Irvins Trauer ging, wurde ich selbst ein bisschen depressiv... Also bitte mit Vorsicht genießen. Alles in allem aber ein gutes Buch um sich vor Augen zu halten, dass wir alle irgendwann gehen müssen und dass es sich lohnt in vollen Zügen zu leben.
This book is about a beautiful love reaching its natural end and I cannot fault it. It’s just not my kind of book. I work as a cancer nurse and the grieving process has been around me for enough years that I’ve had enough time to reflect and ponder. The boy who I was seeing who recommended this book made it out to be full of undiscovered epiphanies of grieving and love and death. And perhaps it is to most people, but it wasn’t to me. Yalom and his late wife were clearly kind and spiritually rich people I cannot fault them; but I seek literature for escapism and with my profession and my own literary preferences - I doubt I will read another book gifted to me by a hinge date.
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dark
emotional
sad
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
May Universe brought this book to me when I most wanted to commit suicide
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
A beautiful meditation on grief, dying, and hope from two people living through the last phase of life. So often therapeutic works can be clinically dry or require a deeper connection with the topic to dive into. But while Yalom’s approach and solutions may not be the best for everyone, his vulnerability is so authentic and real that this is a valuable volume. Marilyn Yalom’s observations of facing death are powerful, but recognize an inner strength we all have in facing the inevitable. A really beautiful work.