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nicolecaprice53's review against another edition
3.0
I didn’t really connect with this one. Of the 8-10 grief memoirs I’ve read, this has to be my least favorite. I listened to the audiobook and didn’t like how the narrator Cassandra Campbell overenunciated her words. This made the author’s prose seem unnatural. There were many parts I liked, but the author seemed to be trying too hard to be deep. She reminded me of every English teacher I’ve ever had.
erakow13's review
3.0
Beautifully written and deeply sad. I found each chapter to be a really lovely combination of lyrical prose mixed with plain-spoken witticisms. Very solid memoir in that I felt inspired by the writing and the amount of references and research made me want to look into other writers as well.
ovenbird_reads's review
5.0
I'm not sure what compels be to read books that I know will tear my heart to shreds, but I think it had something to do with an idea that the author explores here: that we are all walking towards our inevitable ends, and we practice, over and over, the act of leaving. Reading this book was like that--staring down the end to which we must all arrive at some point and loving the days we are given anyway, in spite of, because of our mortality. This book was beautiful and thoughtful, painful and dark. I read it in two days because I just couldn't stop thinking that somehow the author would get to survive by some literary miracle, even knowing that she died before the book was published. And perhaps she did. She is alive on the last page and perhaps that is miracle enough.
alevtina1's review against another edition
3.0
i don’t think i’m old enough to appreciate this writing style, but i still found it very insightful and loved her personality seen in her thoughts and things she said. the acknowledgements were sweet tho and i did tear up
thehotcrossbun's review
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
christie_esau's review
3.0
Actually 3.5, or 3.75? A lovely memoir although nothing that totally struck me.
christina_likes_to_read's review
3.0
I normally really like books like this because they provide such a real and raw view of the author and their experiences. But I felt like so much depth was missing from this book. The author skipped around so much and then would build up an experience—like how will we tell the kids I am dying—and then she never went into it. . . Obviously, I don’t want to be too hard on the author. I have no clue how I would handle any of the stuff she went through. And I have no judgement for that part of things. Her story is a sad one and it seems like she handled it with grace. I just was left wanting to know her better and understand more of what she felt and went through. 3.5 stars
—Also, there was a lot of unnecessary language :-(
—Also, there was a lot of unnecessary language :-(
cindyjac's review
5.0
Poignant and gorgeously written, this description of the author's breast cancer takes you on a vivid journey of life and how to live it.