Reviews tagging 'Death'

A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney

24 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

sineadlgull's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Suicide, Grief, Medical trauma, Cancer, Child death, Terminal illness, Death, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, and Addiction

thehelsproject's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

What a book. It's not long, 192 pages, and I couldn't put it down. I actually wish I'd listened to the audiobook but Rob Delaney has such a distinctive voice and style to his comedy and writing, I actually felt like I could hear him reading it to me anyway. It's painful and candid and honest and heartbreaking, but it also made me laugh and smile. I really like his writing style, and the way he told the story of his son and his family's journey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, and Grief

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

danibailey's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cancer, and Death

bella_cavicchi's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

Oh, I wasn't prepared to cry this morning. The writing here is not literary. It is—dare I say—somewhat crass. But it oozes love and sincerity and grief, the big human feelings that are intensified by such a tragedy of losing your son when he's only two.

Reading it has me wanting to give my parents a hug and thank them for loving me unconditionally. For that is all we can offer!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Cancer, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy

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

michelarod's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Cancer, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, and Suicide

ambersbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

5.0

Cried so hard I gave myself a headache. I expected the sadness and pain, but not the humor and beauty also contained within these pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Medical content, Cancer, and Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy

lindsmann's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

What a special book. I've been a fan of Rob Delaney's online presence for a while (and wow that feels like a weird thing to say haha). But I originally knew of Rob through his Twitter account, and never really knew much about him outside of that. 

I heard about how his son had passed, and later found this book. I'm lucky in that I've never really had to deal with much grief in my life thus far. But I still found this book incredibly touching, heart-breaking, and thoughtful. 

While talking about an extremely emotional and delicate subject matter, Rob is still able to bring a levity to it that I can only imagine someone adept in the comedic arts could do—all without minimizing the seriousness of the topic. 

I cried, laughed, and cried some more while reading this. I can't recommend it enough. Read this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Death, and Addiction

The whole book is about grief and dealing withe the loss of a young child.