Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

A Living Remedy: A Memoir by Nicole Chung

9 reviews

zalouis's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Racism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Fire/Fire injury

lorenag5's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, Cancer, Death, Chronic illness, Classism, Grief, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

Chung is obviously a very skilled writer and wrote about such a difficult time in her life with poise and so much heart. Although there were some rather religious bits that annoyed me, I could feel how much she loved her parents and the toll their loss took on her. The COVID 19 pandemic's part in the book was really interesting (and gutting) too. I haven't lost a parent yet, but I imagine those who have will be very struck by this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

dananana's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Cancer, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Racism

alylentz's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Wow... real weeping in the car while listening to the audiobook vibe with this one! I was worried this would be less impactful since I hadn't read Nicole's first book, but that wasn't the case at all. This is such a meaningful and emotional read, and I came away absolutely convinced I had to read her first book. Highly recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Grief, Medical content, and Medical trauma

meemawreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0

I loved All You Can Ever Know so I jumped on this one as soon as my library would let me. It is largely about grieving parental loss, so be careful Sweet Babies. 
This book is spectacularly written and I feel like I received it with cling film wrapped taut around my heart... I recognized its beauty and power but couldn't fully receive it. I don't know if that film is made of my current mental state or how different the author's life is from mine or the fact that I haven't experienced the loss of a parent yet. Something just kept it from hitting home in a way I sensed it had the power to do. The descriptions of the early pandemic brought memories back, I admired the family's relationships and faith. I imagine this would be such a cathartic read for someone in the second or third wave of grief. So my enjoyment of it was probably a 3-tater but the actual book deserves more than that, ya know?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Grief and Medical content

hnagarne's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Infertility

leslie_overbookedsocialworker's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Cancer, Medical content, and Grief

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Thanks to Ecco Books for the free advance copy of this book.

 - My goodness, is A LIVING REMEDY a powerful book. It boils over with rage and love. It brings the reader along the confusing, overwhelming path of grief.
- Chung meanders between the present day and memories of her childhood, giving us a full picture of who her parents were and the bond she had with them. Her writing is to the point, but always thoughtful.
- For me, I am grateful that this book shows that strange pre-grief period, when you know a loved one is dying but they're still here, and there isn't much you can do about anything. It's a strange, though common, situation that our society and our health care system don't really know how to deal with. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Suicide