Reviews tagging 'Grief'

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

71 reviews

sabrinas's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, Chronic illness, Medical content, Death, Cancer, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility, Excrement, Addiction, Suicide, Dementia, Car accident, and Blood

majakrmer's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death of parent, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Cancer, Terminal illness, Death, and Medical content

theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

I cannot stress this enough, if you’re reading/listening to this book be fully prepared to cry. A friend recommended I not listen to this audiobook while driving because I would need to pull over and cry. I heeded that advice and I listened at home—alone—and I openly wept. 

Paul’s words were very clinical at times but never cold or without emotion. This was his life’s story about his education, career, and personal life but most importantly it’s about how he continued to live even though he knew he was dying. 

Lucy’s epilogue absolutely wrecked me. 

Paul: ”I’m ready.” 

Lucy: “I climbed into the last bed we’d share.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Grief, Chronic illness, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Infertility and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit

tomato_bisque's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

Short but beautifully written. Its different from what we are used to hearing about terminal illness as Paul did face death and was able to re-evaluate his life while grieving what was lost. Rest in peace to him and I hope his loved ones are doing well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Medical content

katrinarose's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Medical content, Grief, and Terminal illness

cacoethas's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

Without spoiling too much, this book is an amazing, reflective read. Going through the narrator's life as he copes with something new and daunting and watching it unravel is definitely eye-opening, and the ending made me sob for an entire half an hour. A beautifully written memoir.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Grief, and Cancer

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Vomit

mkzach's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, Death, Medical content, and Grief

hafable's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This is a reflection of a neurosurgeon becoming a cancer patient. It's also a story of how this man came to his profession; his relationship with life/death, literature, and the philosophy of life which to him could only be understood through the direct experience of holding the lives of others in his hands. There is something about listening to his journey through the medical field to then listening how his cancer forced him to alter his and his loved ones lives too soon. There's something about listening to how he and his wife faced the immense uncertainly with all the strength they could muster. There's something about the way Paul spoke to his daughter using this book in his final moments. There's something about his wife coming to finish this book after he passed to give her part of the story that just breaks you a little bit. This did make me cry because it was just so real, honest, and full of love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Terminal illness, Death, and Medical content

emgovan's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

josephjoestar's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cancer, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Grief