Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Bluets by Maggie Nelson

19 reviews

rosalind's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

beanwa's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.25

Gorgeous, just wow. Loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Alcoholism, and Car accident

savvylit's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

"Why blue? People ask me this question often. I never know how to respond. We don't get to choose what or whom we love, I want to say. We just don't get to choose."

In this slim memoir, Nelson processes grief and ruminates on attachment. Threading each fragment together is the entire spectrum of the color blue. From the daily pedestrian blue of a tarp to the bold lapis lazuli of Yves Klein paintings, Nelson considers the reasons why she and others find themselves so attracted to blues. What follows is a fascinating glimpse into her brilliant poetic mind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Sexual content

aloptien's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

lcyarnall1's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

hannahr's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Grief, and Sexual content

ozymandian's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

4.25

a very interesting read drawing the lines between color-theory, anecdotes, and heart-break.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief

_kimb's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

sorrymom94's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.5

Intelligent, funny and very horny.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing, Death, Grief, and Sexual content