Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

46 reviews

eclloyd's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Suicide

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

meditative and powerful, when breath becomes air journeys kalanithi's confrontation with his own close mortality, bringing to ironic physical fruition his lifelong reflection on life and death. 

detailing his time in med school, the subsequent residency, and his diagnosis and treatment, kalanithi weaves the tale of a man in the unwanted yet unique position of being both a doctor and a patient, providing a rare POV of being on both sides of medical care. the memoir is seeped w/ an undercurrent of calm and mulling, all held tgt by kalanithi's poignant writing. im v glad that he's written and left this book as part of his legacy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Blood, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death and Suicide

caitlincurran's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Medical content

Minor: Suicide

readandfindout's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

On first read in 2017: This has to be one of my favorite non-fiction books of all time now. I often find that, though I will enjoy a memoir, it doesn't really resonate with me. But this certainly did.

The entire time that I was reading this book, I was noting the similarities between my thinking and Paul's. I wish that we had been able to meet, because I think we could have had some very interesting discussions about mortality and meaning. I also found myself awed by his integrity, throughout his life as well as when he was facing death.

On 2023 reread

Overall rating: 4.75 stars

Style/writing: 4.5 stars
Themes: 5 stars
Perspective: 5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Suicide and Vomit

fynn_jls's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death

Moderate: Suicide

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

i needed a good chunk of time to let this book sit with me because it was soooo impactful, and much more than i had prepared myself for. its just...living in its rawest state; learning to know a man in his own words as he comes to terms with his life in the past, present, but not future as hes very quickly dying...its a lot to read about but Paul Kalanithi had such a way with words and for that many people will always be grateful to him and he'll always be remembered. i wish the best to his family 💖

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Miscarriage, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

puterica's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

Banyak istilah kedokteran yang kurang bisa dipahami, tapi secara keseluruhan narasi dari Paul udah enak bgt utk diikuti. Buku ini ngingetin aku sm banyak hal yg seharusnya aku prioritasin. And im bawlinh my eyes out reading the epilogue😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicide

rebeccareads31's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide

lmneal87's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Suicide

sabrinas's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Infertility, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Dementia, and Car accident