Scan barcode
Reviews tagging 'Medical content'
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell
43 reviews
meru's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Abortion, and Medical content
hrhacissej's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-paced
4.0
I don't think reading this book during a pandemic was the best idea for me.
O'Farrell is a wonderful writer. Her prose gets to the heart of what she's experiencing succinctly but with an enormous depth. She FEELS things; she writes them down; you read them; and then you FEEL things.
Feeling things is a good thing, but right now, I FEEL a lot of things. Most of them anxiety producing.
In this book of essays, O'Farrell shares 17 of her near death experiences. And even though, I know she's alive (duh...she wrote the book...), I got so anxious reading some of these stories.
So, pardon me, but I skimmed some of them and promptly returned the book to the library. Just breathe.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Chronic illness, Grief, Medical content, and Medical trauma
mk_books's review against another edition
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, and Medical content
Minor: Rape
More...