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: Medical content, Death, Terminal illness, and Cancer
Moderate: Pregnancy, Grief, and Blood
Minor: Suicide and Child death
caitlincurran's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Medical content
Minor: Suicide
readandfindout's review against another edition
4.75
The entire time that I was reading this book, I was noting the similarities between my thinking and Paul's. I wish that we had been able to meet, because I think we could have had some very interesting discussions about mortality and meaning. I also found myself awed by his integrity, throughout his life as well as when he was facing death.
On 2023 reread
Overall rating: 4.75 stars
Style/writing: 4.5 stars
Themes: 5 stars
Perspective: 5 stars
Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Cancer, Death, and Medical content
Minor: Vomit and Suicide
fynn_jls's review
5.0
Graphic: Cancer and Death
Moderate: Suicide
parasolcrafter's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Chronic illness, Medical content, Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, and Suicide
puterica's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Cancer
Moderate: Suicide
rebeccareads31's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Suicide
lmneal87's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Cancer
Minor: Suicide
brinasatt's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, Chronic illness, Medical content, Death, Cancer, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Pregnancy
Minor: Infertility, Excrement, Addiction, Suicide, Dementia, Car accident, and Blood
majakrmer's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Drug use, Death of parent, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Cancer, Terminal illness, Death, and Medical content