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emmylux7's review against another edition
3.0
a quick & lighthearted read, despite the morbid format. found the deathbed quotes both funny & insightful at times. i will be giving a few of them a google to see how their whole life played out prior to their death. do wish there was more variety in the quotes when it came to female/poc/lgbtqia rep. which i know sounds weird when it's a book about 'last words', but honestly the weirdness comes from the fact that it shouldn't need to be said. cis/white/male sports stars aren't the only ppl who die last time i checked.
here are some other important people that should've been featured:
martha p. johnson
harvey milk
judy garland
frida kahlo
jimi hendrix
freddie mercury
janis joplin
kurt cobain
selena
mahatma gandhi
...just to name a few
here are some other important people that should've been featured:
martha p. johnson
harvey milk
judy garland
frida kahlo
jimi hendrix
freddie mercury
janis joplin
kurt cobain
selena
mahatma gandhi
...just to name a few
thenearestdream's review against another edition
4.0
It was a nice read. Not five stars just because I found it a bit hard to read continuously.
alex_the_casual_reader333's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
wistyallgood's review against another edition
4.0
A great little book that I bought on a whim. Here's what I've learned: people always have interesting things to say right before they're executed and the Bronte sisters are the saddest family ever. Seriously, Charlotte's page really made me sad- her mom and four sisters all died of tuberculosis (as many people in this book did, unfortunately), and she escaped it only to die of morning sickness while pregnant one year into her happy marriage. Really unfair.
I could've gone for more explanation paragraphs on the people, because some of this explanations were pretty vague.
All in all, a really interesting little read. It was a fun activity, going through this book with my brother. We both have a thing about last words and speeches, so this was a perfect thing to read together.
I could've gone for more explanation paragraphs on the people, because some of this explanations were pretty vague.
All in all, a really interesting little read. It was a fun activity, going through this book with my brother. We both have a thing about last words and speeches, so this was a perfect thing to read together.
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