Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

21 reviews

alex_pedrianes's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Terminal illness

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer

saoreads's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Every line hits a chord in the nerves. It thrums of life and the way we look at things, especially what was typically seen as taboo and having a negative connotation; it was a matter of one's mindset. It was filled with a plentiful supply of nuggets of wisdom that kindly soften people's hearts, an angle that has always been there but that we often took for granted due to fear and chasing after things that don't really matter. It's a heartwarming and memorable thesis. The lovely part? I finished this book on a fine Tuesday evening. 

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Content Warnings

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

mandi4886's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Excrement and Medical content

emmacartlidge's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Death, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Drug use

ranjanireviewsreads's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, and Grief

coach_panda's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

This book left me in tears! I was so emotional even knowing how it was going to end. You fall in love with the people and their touching story.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Death of parent

bill369's review against another edition

inspiring reflective medium-paced

2.5

I learned about this book through TikTok and because it seemed interesting I read it.

This book is a memoir yet I didn't grow to like the characters. I suppose it was more about the thoughts anyway.

The themes discussed were educative and I believe to have learned something. Some influenced me more, the one talking about family, others not so much, the one talking about love. Learning more about the professor's disease was enriching too.

Page 73, should I have children?
 

Whenever people ask me about having children or not having children, I never tell them what to do," Morrie said now, looking at a photo of his oldest son. "I simply say, `There is no experience like having children.' That's all. There is no substitute for it. You cannot do it with a friend. You cannot do it with a lover. If you want the experience of having complete responsibility for another human being, and to learn how to love and bond in the deepest way, then
you should have children."

Page 80, experiencing life vs detachment.

But detachment doesn't mean you don't let the experience penetrate you. On the contrary, you let it penetrate you fully. That's how you are able to leave it."

 

The end was expected. I didn't feel strongly about it.

Overall a good short book. It has some wisdom told by someone who's dying. Perhaps then we can finally see what's important and thanks to that the book captures this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Medical content

Moderate: Death

Minor: Excrement and Grief

brycestevenwilley's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

2.75

I'm glad that other people seem to like it a lot, but it's just not for me. Not a huge fan of Albom's style of writing, and how he chooses to frame a lot of scenes.  Some parts aged very poorly, though not of any fault of Morrie's or the author's. 

On the other hand, it made me think of the people in my life like Morrie, and I should reach out to them more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Medical content

Minor: Gun violence

cams_all_booked's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

epellicci's review against another edition

hopeful reflective slow-paced

2.75

I have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, Albom captures his old professors succumbing to ALS with dignity and a real sense of Morrie's autonomy in the process - which I really enjoyed. You could feel the love in their relationship on the pages and at times it was truly moving.

On the other hand, a lot of the "teachings" felt like empty platitudes. There was very little analysis in the conversations between Mitch and Morrie which led to the whole thing feeling a little shallow, and postcard-like. I found the lack of Mitch's presence in the book disappointing as it meant there was no room for any of the subjects in the chapters to really be explored through the student/teacher conversations. I understand this was an intentional choice to ensure Morrie had the centre stage, but it diminished the quality of the writing for me. 

Overall, I think Tuesdays with Morrie is a easy to digest introduction into exploring death and our relationship with life. But fails to present meaningful explorations of the sociological topics it introduces. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Medical content and Grief