Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Ett hjärtslitande verk av förbluffande genialitet by Dave Eggers

4 reviews

jvondru's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

3.0

Absolutely chaotic, vomitous, spewing forth of words. An anxiety filled, stream of consciousness memoir that spares no one, not even the author himself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

jessica_anderson29's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Grief

cepbreed's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad tense slow-paced

3.0

This book was my summer reading that I put of until the second week of school. Due to the circumstances I can’t exactly say that I enjoyed it, but it was incredibly interesting. The life of Dave Eggers reads like fiction. It was a rollercoaster of emotions and sometimes pity. In fact his life was straight coping for the majority. As a narrator he is candid and flawed, raw in the best possible ways. He does not sugarcoat, he is not egotistical and I was deeply touched by this. At some points I had to look up the pop culture references just to ground myself that this book is indeed reality.

Song:

• We Are Young - Fun. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Toxic friendship

adriennne's review against another edition

dark funny reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Blood and Excrement