Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

30 reviews

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

i needed a good chunk of time to let this book sit with me because it was soooo impactful, and much more than i had prepared myself for. its just...living in its rawest state; learning to know a man in his own words as he comes to terms with his life in the past, present, but not future as hes very quickly dying...its a lot to read about but Paul Kalanithi had such a way with words and for that many people will always be grateful to him and he'll always be remembered. i wish the best to his family 💖

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Chronic illness, Medical content, Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, and Suicide

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

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

mel_s_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Suicide and Pregnancy

esimplicity's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Pregnancy and Suicide

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

balfies's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

Immensely powerful, visceral posthumous memoir by a neuroscientist-neurosurgeon about his shifting philosophies around life and death in the face of his work and his cancer diagnosis. This was truly compelling to read, I finished it in one sitting. He has a very distinct, intelligent voice. Feel like this is one to return to at big moments of hardship and grief in life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Death, and Suicide

agnesg's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy and Blood

laurenjbb's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Cancer, Vomit, Violence, Terminal illness, Medical content, Gore, Excrement, Chronic illness, Death, and Alcohol

eve81's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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