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paigicus's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content, Death, and Grief
Minor: Abortion
sammantha's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Blood, and Medical content
Minor: Suicide, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Abortion, Murder, War, and Drug use
hannahlouise_'s review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.75
“We are imperfect mortal beings, aware of that mortality even as we push it away, failed by our very complication, wired so that when we mourn our losses we also mourn, for better or for worse, ourselves.”
One of the most beautifully written books I’ve read in a long time, a perfect elegy to Didion’s husband and a reminder of her incredible writing and wonderful mind.
One of the most beautifully written books I’ve read in a long time, a perfect elegy to Didion’s husband and a reminder of her incredible writing and wonderful mind.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Grief, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Abortion, Blood, Death of parent, Drug use, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide
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