A review by fionag
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

My first Maggie O’Farrell- and what an interesting way to start. A non-linear narrative memoir discussing the times she felt most alive, which was when death brushed far too close by. Each section packed such a punch, and I was left feeling reflective of times I myself had gotten a bit too close to my own mortality. O’Farrell’s writing is gorgeous, though sometimes I found her run-on sentences annoying, and her descriptions are exquisite. I found myself underlining many passages. Death is something I have had to face up to more recently in my life, and now I can see how precious a life can be. It is interesting to get a perspective throughout the years and how death differs from a child’s perspective to an adult one. One thing- Maggie should NOT be allowed near water!! Would like to experience her fiction after learning more about her . 
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