Reviews

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

jackiecromarty62's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

emmasmidnightlibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

emily_azzopardi's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

bobcat_98's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

5.0

eiddamscott's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

bookulele's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.25

jess_mango's review against another edition

3.0

The Year of [b:Magical Thinking|7815|The Year of Magical Thinking|Joan Didion|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165644384s/7815.jpg|1659905] didn't live up to the hype. This memoir about Didion's emotions and feelings in the year after her husband's death just didn't resonate with me the way it seems to with others.

dinasamimi's review against another edition

3.0

This is my first Didion. The writing is really lovely. I hear over and over from people who have suffered loss that this book has helped them process their grief. She is certainly honest, if cerebral on that front. My issue with Didion, particularly in this book and not having read any of her others, is her complete lack of reckoning with her privilege. The decadent life, the highly stylized references, the language she holds for medical advocacy, a direct line to leading medical experts, the best care money can buy (including an $20K intravenous drug she passingly mentioned), the fact that an ambulance arrives at her home less than five minutes after making the call. The air is too rarefied and the insight too insular.

dostalovamaru's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

klonghouse's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.0