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gabiabudhabi's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, and Grief
faitheliza6eth's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
2.0
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Graphic: Grief and Death
hello_lovely13's review
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Medical content
annagerman's review
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.0
While the core idea of magical thinking was interesting, somehow the book didn't provide the emotional depth I expected. There were some moments of resounding clarity, but at times it felt too analytical and intelectualized
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Chronic illness
risemini's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content, Death, and Grief
saritachr's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
1.5
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Graphic: Grief
ingabbjarna's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Grief
sestout's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Medical content
Minor: Blood, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol
mirandaleighhhh's review
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
I typically rate memoirs (particularly about grief) either 5 stars, or not at all. I don’t think that’s necessary here.
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”
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”
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Grief
kgmck's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Grief