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recorderkfk's review
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
I cried a little at the end reading this. I'm 29 and have as of now, seen only two significant deaths in my life. Learning about the choices my parents went through for both of their fathers was no comparison at all to how thoroughly Atul Gawande talks about aging and dying in this book.
It's the type of book that I think everyone should read, when they're in a good frame of mind to be both reflective analytical at how aging just suddenly becomes dying and the questions we face at the end of our lives, makes life worth living, what will really matter to us in the end. The book is full of a lot of patients stories making it accessible and less clinical. Highly recommend this book, and Gandhi's other book of the checklist manifesto.
It's the type of book that I think everyone should read, when they're in a good frame of mind to be both reflective analytical at how aging just suddenly becomes dying and the questions we face at the end of our lives, makes life worth living, what will really matter to us in the end. The book is full of a lot of patients stories making it accessible and less clinical. Highly recommend this book, and Gandhi's other book of the checklist manifesto.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Dysphoria, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Death of parent and Excrement
Minor: Mental illness and Drug use
norwegianforestreader's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Body horror, Blood, Cancer, Death, Excrement, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Death of parent, Dementia, and Grief
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