scapuzzoreads 's review for:

Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

1.0

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While I feel deeply for the author, I didn’t get nearly as much from this book as I thought I would. I thought this would be a reflection on grief as a whole, something I could possibly relate to, but instead it just read as personal diary entries. The author lived a very privileged life and in 68 pages, doesn’t let you forget it. Mentions of Harvard speeches and graduations, quoting her own novels, Nannie’s for her children- they say grief transcends all of that, but this book doesn’t let me believe it.