Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney

3 reviews

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

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

kcarney86's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent, Car accident, and Alcoholism