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sophieamreacher's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.5
Gentle, heart wrenching, thought provoking, very touching. What an amazing man.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Body horror, Excrement, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Grief
juliaaaaaa's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
the most beautiful book i ever read. ugly cried at the end
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Cancer, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Excrement
mandi4886's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Terminal illness, Death of parent, Death, Medical content, and Grief
Moderate: Cancer
Minor: Medical content and Excrement
bill369's review against another edition
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
2.5
I learned about this book through TikTok and because it seemed interesting I read it.
This book is a memoir yet I didn't grow to like the characters. I suppose it was more about the thoughts anyway.
The themes discussed were educative and I believe to have learned something. Some influenced me more, the one talking about family, others not so much, the one talking about love. Learning more about the professor's disease was enriching too.
Page 73, should I have children?
Whenever people ask me about having children or not having children, I never tell them what to do," Morrie said now, looking at a photo of his oldest son. "I simply say, `There is no experience like having children.' That's all. There is no substitute for it. You cannot do it with a friend. You cannot do it with a lover. If you want the experience of having complete responsibility for another human being, and to learn how to love and bond in the deepest way, then
you should have children."
Page 80, experiencing life vs detachment.
But detachment doesn't mean you don't let the experience penetrate you. On the contrary, you let it penetrate you fully. That's how you are able to leave it."
The end was expected. I didn't feel strongly about it.
Overall a good short book. It has some wisdom told by someone who's dying. Perhaps then we can finally see what's important and thanks to that the book captures this.
This book is a memoir yet I didn't grow to like the characters. I suppose it was more about the thoughts anyway.
The themes discussed were educative and I believe to have learned something. Some influenced me more, the one talking about family, others not so much, the one talking about love. Learning more about the professor's disease was enriching too.
Page 73, should I have children?
you should have children."
Page 80, experiencing life vs detachment.
The end was expected. I didn't feel strongly about it.
Overall a good short book. It has some wisdom told by someone who's dying. Perhaps then we can finally see what's important and thanks to that the book captures this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content and Terminal illness
Moderate: Death
Minor: Excrement and Grief
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