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A British physician's musings on life, death, career, and family. I enjoyed the tone of this book and some of his thoughts, however the style was a bit disjointed, not quite stream-of-conscious but jumped around. That's the nature of this type of memoir; there was a lot of I'm not ready to die, I've lived a good life, I'll never be ready to die, but it's my time to die. Which I suppose sums it up for those of us who are lucky enough to make it to old age having lived a good life. Definitely some thought-provoking ideas here, and I might have highlighted some of them, but overall a good one to take in on audio.

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shaylasnoob's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

pattykremen's review against another edition

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3.0

Not the book I imagined.

mallen1114's review against another edition

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4.0

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this ebook in exchange for an honest review!

Overall, I liked this book. I tend to enjoy reading reflections on life and the difficulties of death and this was no exception. I think Henry Marsh gives us a vulnerable look into his inner thoughts. At times, I did wish that the book felt less like a science lecture and focused more on his feelings during certain situations. I would have liked more expansion on some of his aversions to treatment as a doctor, which I got a general sense of why but I would've liked a deeper dive.

hmax100's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced

2.75

kaimo007's review against another edition

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slow-paced

3.0

White man writes about how he did not employ empathy as a doctor in contrast with events that have been written about by experts, of which he is not.

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