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mdwsn27's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Dementia, Grief, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Vomit, Medical trauma, Death, Medical content, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood
madamelacy's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Cancer and Terminal illness
Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Medical content
Minor: Vomit and Pregnancy
smkelly1997's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Vomit, Cancer, and Chronic illness
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
wordsaremybigobsession's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Grief, Medical content, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Cancer
Moderate: Blood, Vomit, and Car accident
Minor: Pregnancy
mi7sma's review against another edition
4.5
When a patient and their family is dazed by the prognosis.
2) You can't ever reach perfection, but you can believe in an asymptote toward which you are ceaselessly striving. Human knowledge is never contained in one person. It grows from the relationships we create between each other and the world, and still it is never complete.
Graphic: Cancer and Vomit
chireadsandchill's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Cancer, Medical content, and Terminal illness
Minor: Vomit and Pregnancy
beetandbaguette's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Death, Vomit, and Pregnancy
theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition
5.0
Paul’s words were very clinical at times but never cold or without emotion. This was his life’s story about his education, career, and personal life but most importantly it’s about how he continued to live even though he knew he was dying.
Lucy’s epilogue absolutely wrecked me.
Lucy: “I climbed into the last bed we’d share.”
Graphic: Cancer, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Grief, Chronic illness, Death, and Medical content
Moderate: Infertility and Pregnancy
Minor: Vomit
cacoethas's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Grief, and Cancer
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Vomit