Scan barcode
A review by atreegrowsinbooks
Obit by Victoria Chang
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Wow these poems gave me words to the grief I’ve felt after losing my grandmother. A powerful collection in a unique form. Having each poem be an obituary to something that was lost, has died, is eye opening and heart wrenching all the same. Many many lines, many poems made me cry. Made me sad for Chang’s loss, for my own loss, and all loss.
Some of my favorite lines are as follows:
“When someone dies, letters are always engraved. When someone dies, there is a constant feeling of wanting to speak to someone, but the plane with all the words is crossing the sky.”
“Because dying lasts forever until it stops.”
“That day dusk didn't arrive. I went into it.”
Some of my favorite lines are as follows:
“When someone dies, letters are always engraved. When someone dies, there is a constant feeling of wanting to speak to someone, but the plane with all the words is crossing the sky.”
“Because dying lasts forever until it stops.”
“That day dusk didn't arrive. I went into it.”
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, Grief, and Death