Scan barcode
ratgrrrl's review
3.0
The Sad Deterioration of a Racist Old Lady
CW: Racism, Mental Degradation
This is a well written, rather spartan short story about an old lady losing touch with her present and making sporadic connections with the past as her mental health degrades. It's bleak and effective, though I didn't feel particularly emotionally connected or affected by it.
Competent, cold, and somewhat clinical. Not necessarily my sort of thing, as I would want a story like this to really emotionally hook me.
CW: Racism, Mental Degradation
This is a well written, rather spartan short story about an old lady losing touch with her present and making sporadic connections with the past as her mental health degrades. It's bleak and effective, though I didn't feel particularly emotionally connected or affected by it.
Competent, cold, and somewhat clinical. Not necessarily my sort of thing, as I would want a story like this to really emotionally hook me.
dokushoka's review
4.0
This was pretty heartbreaking, especially having taken care of my grandpa who suffered and died from Alzheimer's.
Gerda Kohl's life is moving too fast: one minute she's sitting with family talking, the next she's a luncheon with lady friends missing social cues. In the midst of all this happening, Gerda is having to leave her family home, her daughters are arguing about what stays and what goes, and the doctors keep messing with her meds, exhausting her in the process.
The end is tragic, but it was a good heartbreak.
I only rated this lower because the narrator wasn't as emotive as the other audiobook I listened to, she still did a fine job.
Gerda Kohl's life is moving too fast: one minute she's sitting with family talking, the next she's a luncheon with lady friends missing social cues. In the midst of all this happening, Gerda is having to leave her family home, her daughters are arguing about what stays and what goes, and the doctors keep messing with her meds, exhausting her in the process.
The end is tragic, but it was a good heartbreak.
I only rated this lower because the narrator wasn't as emotive as the other audiobook I listened to, she still did a fine job.
More...