Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney

11 reviews

tinkerbell2706's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Alcohol, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Car accident, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, and Chronic illness

henderslam's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

dhiby's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

very touching. i am always a sucker for stories involving the love a parent has for a child, which was discussed or portrayed in this book. i cant imagine the amount of pain the author went through and of course i look up to how he handled it all selflessly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Excrement, Child death, Chronic illness, Medical content, Cancer, and Blood

lavenderlemonade's review against another edition

emotional funny sad

Beautiful, heartwrenching, honest, and funny. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Mental illness

molliekneath's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

mugguomp's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Chronic illness, Death, and Child death

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

 - I am writing this review of A HEART THAT WORKS while curled up crying on the floor forever. What an incredible, painful, beautiful gift to the world this book is.
- I knew Delaney primarily as a comedian on Twitter, and that joyful, weird spirit of his is present in this writing, even on such a horrific topic.
- And Delaney does not hold back on the unending horrors of what he and his family went through. This is one the hardest books I’ve ever read, and I don’t even have children.
- Through it all, even as Delaney unleashes this primal scream, he still shows us the love and joy he found in his son. This book is full of pain, yes, but we also learn about all the little everyday things about a child that only their parent knows, and I will carry a small piece of Henry with me now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Pregnancy, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Vomit

mssmith3088's review against another edition

dark funny sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide

madisonfrank's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Cancer, Addiction, Chronic illness, Classism, Child death, Cursing, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, Death, Grief, and Medical trauma

amyalicejakob's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cancer, and Chronic illness