Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'
Bad Vibes Only: and Other Things I Bring to the Table by Nora McInerny
6 reviews
greatexpectations77's review
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.5
I really enjoyed this memoir because it felt really raw. And I think that Ms. McInerny was the right choice to read it. I think women who grew up in the late 90s and early 2000s will really connect with this. I also appreciated her dive into her disordered eating.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer and Eating disorder
Moderate: Medical content, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Death, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, and Grief
Minor: Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Confinement
whatthekatdraggedin's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Grief, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Child death and Miscarriage
Minor: Alcoholism
moodreader89's review
challenging
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Death, Dementia, and Grief
Minor: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Addiction, and Terminal illness
My thoughts are all over after finishing this collection. I found myself laughing, grinning, frowning, pausing, agreeing, disagreeing, weirded out, invested, intrigued, and in the end identifying with a lot of what was in this book. It was interesting and I think I’d say thanks to her for sharing if I met her in person. I initially wanted to say it was like Jenny Lawson, but with much more of a heaviness…but I’m not sure that’s fair to either party because they are both clever in their own ways and both manage to laugh/mock/make light/joke through it all.kelly_e's review
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Title: Bad Vibes Only (and Other Things I Being to the Table)
Author: Nora McInerny
Genre: Essays
Rating: 4.00
Pub Date: October 11, 2022
T H R E E • W O R D S
Breezy • Humorous • Honest
📖 S Y N O P S I S
Nora McInerny, bestselling author and host of the beloved podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking, has captured the hearts of millions with her disarming and earnest approach to talking about grief and loss. Now, she turns her eye on our aggressively, oppressively optimistic culture, our obsession with self-improvement, and what it really means to live authentically in the online age. These essays lay bare her own chaos, inviting us to drop the façade of perfection and embrace the chaos.
💭 T H O U G H T S
I'd previously read Nora's three nonfiction books, so when I saw she was publishing something new I instantly added it to my TBR to pick up at some point. Bad Vibes Only was a quick and easy listen, kind of like sitting down for a chat with an old friend.
Written in short essay format, Nora offers her personal musings on life, love, and loss in a way that's easy to come and go from. She tells it like it is with her signature humour, and her words are so relatable. While some parts came off as privileged and superficial, other parts are steeped in deep emotion. She offers the reminder that bad things happen and you don't have to create something great out of it.
These easy to get through essays made me feel seen. This book certainly isn't for everyone, but as someone who has been through my share of hard times, including the death of my partner, I appreciated what Nora had to say. At the end of the day, it's encouraging to know there are others out there going through something similar and thinking the same things as me. It made me feel less alone. Nora offers a reminder that a life worth living is about more than just 'good vibes'. If you do decide to pick this one up, I'd definitely recommend the audio route.
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• anyone in need of a laugh
• readers who have struggled
• the overthinkers and burned-out
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"Anything can happen, and it does, but we cannot live every day with the awareness that we are small and fragile creatures, vulnerable spirits in inadequate vessels made of breakable bones and soft tissue."
"Good, better, best. Give it a rest. Your good is probably fine. You don't need to be the best."
Author: Nora McInerny
Genre: Essays
Rating: 4.00
Pub Date: October 11, 2022
T H R E E • W O R D S
Breezy • Humorous • Honest
📖 S Y N O P S I S
Nora McInerny, bestselling author and host of the beloved podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking, has captured the hearts of millions with her disarming and earnest approach to talking about grief and loss. Now, she turns her eye on our aggressively, oppressively optimistic culture, our obsession with self-improvement, and what it really means to live authentically in the online age. These essays lay bare her own chaos, inviting us to drop the façade of perfection and embrace the chaos.
💭 T H O U G H T S
I'd previously read Nora's three nonfiction books, so when I saw she was publishing something new I instantly added it to my TBR to pick up at some point. Bad Vibes Only was a quick and easy listen, kind of like sitting down for a chat with an old friend.
Written in short essay format, Nora offers her personal musings on life, love, and loss in a way that's easy to come and go from. She tells it like it is with her signature humour, and her words are so relatable. While some parts came off as privileged and superficial, other parts are steeped in deep emotion. She offers the reminder that bad things happen and you don't have to create something great out of it.
These easy to get through essays made me feel seen. This book certainly isn't for everyone, but as someone who has been through my share of hard times, including the death of my partner, I appreciated what Nora had to say. At the end of the day, it's encouraging to know there are others out there going through something similar and thinking the same things as me. It made me feel less alone. Nora offers a reminder that a life worth living is about more than just 'good vibes'. If you do decide to pick this one up, I'd definitely recommend the audio route.
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• anyone in need of a laugh
• readers who have struggled
• the overthinkers and burned-out
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"Anything can happen, and it does, but we cannot live every day with the awareness that we are small and fragile creatures, vulnerable spirits in inadequate vessels made of breakable bones and soft tissue."
"Good, better, best. Give it a rest. Your good is probably fine. You don't need to be the best."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Mental illness, Cancer, Terminal illness, Miscarriage, Eating disorder, and Drug use
Minor: Dementia, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
partner death, diet cultureletsdolife97's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
One of the things I love most about Nora is her extreme vulnerability and candidness when writing about both the good, and bad, things that have happened throughout her life.
Bad Vibes Only is a series of essays covering things like friendships, previous jobs with bad bosses, maternal guilt, loss, and more.
Each essay is so well crafted and reminds us that things are both good and bad and can even be so at the same time.
I firmly believe that you will feel seen in these pages. You will laugh, you will cry, and you will realize how truly universal the human experience is.
Thank you to Atria Books and Netgalley for the advanced review copy.
Bad Vibes Only is a series of essays covering things like friendships, previous jobs with bad bosses, maternal guilt, loss, and more.
Each essay is so well crafted and reminds us that things are both good and bad and can even be so at the same time.
I firmly believe that you will feel seen in these pages. You will laugh, you will cry, and you will realize how truly universal the human experience is.
Thank you to Atria Books and Netgalley for the advanced review copy.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Terminal illness, Mental illness, and Death
Moderate: Miscarriage and Death of parent
cpoole's review
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Death, and Terminal illness
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