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I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell
20 reviews
veposve's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Blood, and Medical content
Minor: Sexual harassment
skillwithaquill's review against another edition
5.0
None of the usual trappings of inspiration porn, healing through Jesus, or spiritual woowoo that many memoirs about illness and near-death experiences fall into. It’s thoughtful, but not preachy. Meaningful, but not maudlin. I’ll definitely revisit it in the future.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Miscarriage, Sexism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death and Misogyny
Minor: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Abortion
Other content warnings & specifics: medical sexism, graphic discussions of childbirth & c-section, attempted assault & kidnapping, child in peril, graphic depiction of a near drowning, claustrophobia, abortion (in the context of a missed miscarriage requiring surgical intervention).qtcarolyn's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Car accident
Minor: Animal death, Sexual violence, and Dysphoria
leefox's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
frankieclc's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Violence
edgaranjapoe's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Chronic illness, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
alexhaydon's review against another edition
Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Blood, Medical trauma, and Murder
sirri_sivutiella's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, and Stalking
Moderate: Blood
massivepizzacrust's review against another edition
4.0
I'm not sure I really understand why the chapters were arranged the way they were. By the end of the book I didn't really have a sense that there was an overall arch to the book (past the connection between her childhood death experiences and her daughter's). I thought some of the stories brought more to the table than others - the stories centering on her pregnancies and her childhood were mostly beautiful, but the story with the mysterious man and the dog was confusing and weirdly half-confessional.
Reading about someone else's preoccupation with death was a relief to me. It's something that's been hard for me to deal with sometimes and this was a really different view on it. I don't think I'll be making any unprepared trips to remote countries any time soon though.
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Infertility, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Minor: Pedophilia and Rape
pipss's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Vomit, Grief, and Pregnancy
Minor: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Abortion