A review by kalifer
Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I'm well aware that our experiences are different, but I also lost someone at some point in this pandemic. It was heartbreaking, earth shatteringly devastating. The line "How is it that the world keeps going, breathing in and out unchanged, while in my soul there is a permanent scattering?" was by far the line that touched me the most. Living in a world that keeps moving while you cannot seem to move passed it, is frustrating and aching. My life is different than when it first happened, things should be better, but knowing that I don't have her to share it with is truly upsetting in ways I cannot vocalize very well. This book, while about a death that was not exactly like the one I experienced, still connected with me in the ways of the hurt and overflowing aching that each sentenced conveyed. It truly is hard to move past something, especially when you are not able to get closure in ways that may help. 
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