Reviews tagging 'Death'

Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? by Séamas O'Reilly

6 reviews

katetv's review against another edition

funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

I expected this to be a downer memoir of grief (by this man who lost his mom at age 5, one of eleven kids), but it was really a funny and reflective memoir about his family, childhood, and growing up in Northern Ireland in the Troubles. Medium paced bc it is not short but reads very easily!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cancer, Death, and Death of parent

triseke's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Animal death, Death of parent, and Death

madisonfrank's review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Cursing, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, War, Animal death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Hate crime, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Police brutality, and Religious bigotry

sjanke2's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

 I've been looking forward to this book for a while and was so excited when libro.fm offered it this month as an Advanced Listening Copy. I was also excited to see that the author himself narrated the audiobook.

Sometimes an audiobook narrator's voice is perfect, but their pitch does not translate well to listeners. Maybe their voice is too high, or their "S"es are too sharp. In this case, O'Reilly's vocal pitch was too low, and it was hard to hear his writing even with the volume turned up, especially while listening in a car.

I will probably reread this memoir in print and give it the five stars it deserves. The parts I did hear were tender, humorous, and in complete adoration of his widowered dad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Death

nicolaparty's review

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Religious bigotry, War, Death, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Alcohol, and Death

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Death, and Animal death