A review by lonelamplighter
Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

A beautiful, moving body of feathery prose crammed into a slim and poignant volume. A meditation on grief, an exploration of family, and a reflection on the nature of poetry, Grief is the Thing with Feathers is all at once hopeful and terrible, full of light and heavyhearted, and deeply, deeply quiet in all the right places.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, and Alcohol