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sestout's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Medical content
Minor: Blood, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol
mirandaleighhhh's review against another edition
There were many instances that I simply did not relate to her life. The flying to Honolulu on a whim, the lavish lunches and the new house….it was a different time, but I can’t imagine life like that. I think that I love more affectionately (though who knows how she was really like? this is essentially a blurb compared to the whole of her, the whole of her life) and so some things were not relatable, though I could still empathize.
However, the grief, the very meat of it, the void…that is universal.
Maybe the parts I didn’t like have more to do with my own fears than anything else.
“The one more day I love you more than”
“you sit down to dinner, and life as you know it ends”
Moderate: Death and Grief
kgmck's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Death and Grief
leoni_plu's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Grief
ieotter13's review against another edition
3.25
a pretty poetic book about going crazy as a result of intense grief.
i did have fun imagining how i’d stage this as a play tho so worth it ig?
Graphic: Death of parent, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Terminal illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Mental illness, Medical content, Chronic illness, Child death, and Grief
skysbooknook's review against another edition
1.0
Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, and Medical content
jkamler's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Grief and Death
Moderate: Medical content
sarasreading's review against another edition
3.5
I enjoyed the author's use of repeated phrases throughout, as it really mirrors how the brain plays those little moments over and over again. She's a skilled writer for sure. It was just a difficult read for me that, in the end, didn't help with my own healing and possibly took me a step back. It was written in the first year after she lost her husband and nearly lost her daughter, so it's all very fresh for her.
I recommend it if you don't have fears or existing trauma around sudden loss, otherwise proceed with caution.
Graphic: Grief, Death, and Medical content
vwoj's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death and Grief
alexazilla's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Grief, Child death, and Death