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kira20's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Cancer, and Death
Moderate: Gore and Suicide
sarah_hutchins's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, Death, and Medical content
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Suicide
amandab0514's review
5.0
Graphic: Medical content, Cancer, Death, and Suicide
aleyajo's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Cancer, Grief, Medical content, and Death
Moderate: Suicide
dazzling_cabbage's review against another edition
5.0
The questions of life, death and meaning of life are at first cognitively explored and then emotionally experienced. A truly human delivery of human circumstances. A story of suffering, loss and enduring love and care.
Graphic: Medical content, Death, Suicide, and Cancer
millie_eevee's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Medical content, Terminal illness, Death, Cancer, and Grief
Moderate: Pregnancy
Minor: Blood, Suicide, and Vomit
eclloyd's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, and Cancer
Moderate: Gore
Minor: Suicide
thewordsdevourer's review against another edition
4.0
detailing his time in med school, the subsequent residency, and his diagnosis and treatment, kalanithi weaves the tale of a man in the unwanted yet unique position of being both a doctor and a patient, providing a rare POV of being on both sides of medical care. the memoir is seeped w/ an undercurrent of calm and mulling, all held tgt by kalanithi's poignant writing. im v glad that he's written and left this book as part of his legacy.
Graphic: Medical content, Death, Terminal illness, and Cancer
Moderate: Pregnancy, Grief, and Blood
Minor: Suicide and Child death
caitlincurran's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Medical content
Minor: Suicide
readandfindout's review against another edition
4.75
The entire time that I was reading this book, I was noting the similarities between my thinking and Paul's. I wish that we had been able to meet, because I think we could have had some very interesting discussions about mortality and meaning. I also found myself awed by his integrity, throughout his life as well as when he was facing death.
On 2023 reread
Overall rating: 4.75 stars
Style/writing: 4.5 stars
Themes: 5 stars
Perspective: 5 stars
Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Cancer, Death, and Medical content
Minor: Vomit and Suicide