A review by applesodaperson
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

This was such an interesting look into grief of all kinds. Didion did such a good job of making the reader feel what she felt while she was going through the death of her husband and the hospitalization of her daughter. I actually liked the parts where she was describing the medical problems that happened to her husband and daughter. It was a definite tone shift, but it made sense because despite her grief, she was forced to focus on the complicated medical stuff with her daughter. It was also interesting how many details she remembered from the day her husband died, to the point that she remembered what they were talking about at the exact moment it happened. This definitely is a flashbulb memory in her life. Overall, it was very well written and lived up to the hype.
Listened to on Libby.
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