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عندما تتحول الأنفاس إلى هواء: اجعل لحياتك معنى قبل فوات الأوان by Paul Kalanithi
12 reviews
aleyajo's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Medical content, and Grief
Moderate: Suicide
thewordsdevourer's review against another edition
4.0
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.
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, and Medical content
Moderate: Blood, Grief, and Pregnancy
Minor: Child death and Suicide
vienna_books's review against another edition
2.5
That said: it was not for me. I mostly read fiction but I did enjoy memoirs like „Educated“ and „In Order to Live“.
First and foremost:
I would NOT recommend „when breath becomes air“ to anybody who is currently struggling with mental health, especially depression!!!!
I liked the writing and I feel like the author was a great person worth knowing. This book is probably great for people who work in medicine and want to gain the perspective of a patient.
There were chapters focusing on Pauls life before cancer which I sensed were more targeted to people he knew in person. Again I don‘t want to disrespect anybody but these chapters nearly made me stop reading.
Then we got a few chapters about his career and work. I found these interesting but I‘m the kind of person that covers her eyes in medical dramas when they show humans being cut open by doctors. There was a lot of graphic descriptions of medical conditions that had nothing to do with his cancer. I was also not prepared to read about the death of new born twins. Again, not the books fault but it was very depressing to read.
After I finished reading „When Breath becomes Air“ I asked myself: Why did I read this? I don‘t really feel like I‘ve learned something new about cancer. I had expected to maybe take life lessons from it when it comes to the topic of death but I don‘t know… I maybe just could not relate to Paul very well? I feel like I would have appreciated the book much more if I had known the author personally.
I landed on 2.5 stars because to me that‘s the average between 0 and 5. If this was fiction I would have rated it lower.
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Terminal illness
Minor: Suicide
kilonshele's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Terminal illness
Minor: Child death and Suicide
emgovan's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma
Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy
jasbeingjas's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Child death and Suicide
balfies's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
afion's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, and Grief
Moderate: Child death and Suicide
booksthatburn's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Gore, Blood, and Vomit
Minor: Forced institutionalization and Death of parent
marit_1305's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, and Grief
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Pregnancy