areynobodytoo's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.75
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, and Death
rebeccazacuto's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
An intimate recollection of grief by one of the greats. Didion is concise and sharp yet poignant and vulnerable.
Graphic: Grief, Death, and Child death
sophjones95's review against another edition
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Minor: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Death
cdua's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.5
The book has a writing style that I am obsessed with but one that also makes me feel like I have constantly lost my footing. In the collection of stories, I felt like many chapters were repetitions of one another or repeating similar information with different delivery. Specifically the middle chunk of the book felt like I really had to push through. Still, her reflections on grief were fascinating and I found her last few chapters to be particularly poignant. I think reading this before I have experienced any grief of my own gives me a false sense of distaste for the novel that I might not hold in the future. Maybe not. And warning that Didion always does seem to write a bit pretentiously about her life and can often come across as a bit privileged. Only writing all these as notes, I still enjoyed the book and her work. South and West is up next!!!
Graphic: Medical content and Death
Moderate: Child death
jessieij's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Terminal illness
samanthatully's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.75
Moderate: Terminal illness and Child death
arsenic_'s review against another edition
emotional
sad
medium-paced
2.5
Graphic: Medical content, Grief, Death, and Child death
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