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Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

martineoand's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

luciamf's review against another edition

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emotional sad slow-paced

3.0

luuciabh's review against another edition

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emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

juneholm's review against another edition

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4.0

Det kommer nok en gang frem at Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie er forbilledlig, både som menneske og forfatter. Ser frem til å fortsette leselisten min av hennes vakre verk.

haylee_reads's review against another edition

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This was another really quick read! I listened to this during my commute and getting settled into my desk at work. I lost my grandpa earlier this year, so I am glad I read this. This book was an intimate look into Adichie’s grief when she lost her father a few years ago. We all handle grief differently and this was really interesting to listen to. I really recommend Adichie’s shorter essay collections because they’re really easy to digest and process. 

I don’t rate nonfiction!

thechanelmuse's review against another edition

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5.0

"Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much grief is about language, the failure of language and the grasping for language. Why are my sides so sore and achy? It's from crying, I'm told. I did not know that we cry with our muscles.”

This is a collection of essays presented in such a gentle and thoughtful way where Chimamanda explores her stages of grief with the passing of her father while simultaneously eulogizing him. An intimate meditation. I feel like I know her. I feel like I knew him.

tormentalidad's review against another edition

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4.0

Chimamanda expresa en estas páginas lo que sintió cuando falleció su padre, con quien tenía un vínculo muy especial. Todo ello lleno de pinceladas de la vida en Nigeria, la pandemia del coronavirus y la ruptura que supone para todo lo que había conocido hasta el momento.

Hubiera agradecido esta breve lectura hace mucho tiempo, pero realmente sigue siendo muy necesaria en mi vida actual.

Algunas citas que destaco:

"La pena es un tipo de enseñanza cruel. Aprendes lo poco amable que puede ser el duelo, lo lleno de rabia que puede estar. Aprendes lo insustancial que puede resultarte el pésame. Aprendes lo mucho que tiene que ver la pena con el lenguaje, con la incapacidad del lenguaje y con la necesidad de lenguaje."

"Qué rápido ha cambiado mi vida, qué despiadado es el cambio y, sin embargo, con qué lentitud me adapto."

"Durante el resto de mi vida, viviré tratando de alcanzar cosas que ya no existen."

"No sabemos cómo viviremos el dolor hasta que la pena nos alcanza."

"Es un acto de resistencia y rechazo: la pena te dice que se ha acabado y tu corazón la contradice; la pena intenta reducir tu amor al pasado y el corazón te dice que todavía está presente."

chelseasofia's review against another edition

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5.0

caaleros's review against another edition

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5.0

This is a book that everyone needs to read. Adichie is very honest and open about what it is like to lose someone you are close to. She goes into the struggle, the ups and downs, and all of the emotions. In general, I think American culture is very bad when it comes to grief and this book is a great way for people to learn what it is like, if they haven't experienced it themselves.

kit_kate's review against another edition

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4.0