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emmagreenwood's review
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, Grief, Blood, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Dementia, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Medical content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Religious bigotry
apologygirl's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
anyone that has ever met anyone ever has to read this even if you havent lost a loved one or dont know someone whos lost a loved one you definitely have to read this 100%
jrrebecca's review
4.0
Finally finished the last bit of this book. A really honest raw story of grief. I found it hard to connect to at times do to a lack of experience with grief but can see how someone else could find comfort in this book
katemoreton's review
5.0
A beautiful depiction of grief over the course of a matter of weeks (from death to funeral). Important intersections of grief/spirituality/LGBT+. Would recommend to anyone wanting to know more about how it all feels, and those ready to seek comfort and solidarity from reading of another’s experience of bereavement. Plus there are sausage dogs.
dawnlizreads's review
emotional
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
5.0
A honest, raw account of the first few weeks after Coles' partner, David, died. So raw that, at times, it feels voyeuristic. However, I think this will provide solace to anyone who has lost someone. Coles doesn't provide any answers - he just makes clear grief is not something you can escape as much as you might want to, and you cannot control how you think or feel (or, at times, how you behave).
pmjnewton's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Author is very open about his grief at the death of his partner ;it felt like a very honest book, but sadly I came away not liking him very much.