Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Martes con mi viejo profesor by Mitch Albom

23 reviews

saoreads's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Every line hits a chord in the nerves. It thrums of life and the way we look at things, especially what was typically seen as taboo and having a negative connotation; it was a matter of one's mindset. It was filled with a plentiful supply of nuggets of wisdom that kindly soften people's hearts, an angle that has always been there but that we often took for granted due to fear and chasing after things that don't really matter. It's a heartwarming and memorable thesis. The lovely part? I finished this book on a fine Tuesday evening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Terminal illness, Death, and Medical content

mandi4886's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Death of parent, Death, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Medical content and Excrement

emmacartlidge's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, and Death

Minor: Drug use

ivybaggs's review against another edition

emotional inspiring relaxing sad fast-paced

4.5

balled my eyes out cry count a billion

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Death

Moderate: Grief

saturnsreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

ranjanireviewsreads's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, Vomit, Grief, and Terminal illness

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death

Minor: Excrement and Grief

brycestevenwilley's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

2.75

I'm glad that other people seem to like it a lot, but it's just not for me. Not a huge fan of Albom's style of writing, and how he chooses to frame a lot of scenes.  Some parts aged very poorly, though not of any fault of Morrie's or the author's. 

On the other hand, it made me think of the people in my life like Morrie, and I should reach out to them more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Medical content and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Gun violence

elephant_mouse's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

3.0

I was looking for a short, easy-read. This was definitely that! I enjoy thinking about the concepts that were discussed in this book. However, I don’t think it entirely deserves the recognition it has gotten. Nothing new to add, just simple concepts regarding life and death. But, I guess there’s beauty in that simplicity too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Terminal illness

cams_all_booked's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Death of parent, and Grief