Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

114 reviews

notbeforebreakfast's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

Painful and poignant, I’m not sure if I’ve ever cried this much while reading before. It pushes one to reflect on who we are, how that evolves, and what we can do to make the most of the time we have.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Death

Minor: Suicide

sydapel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective

An odd choice of listen while I was hiking in the Glaciers to be sure, but this has been on my TBR for years and I wanted to check it off. Obviously, this writing and story comes from a deeply tragic place, but I think the way the author chooses to tell it is heartening and hopeful, if a little simplistic. I liked his thoughts about the best and most human ways of patient care the most, and of course the afterward broke my heart in two. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Terminal illness

Moderate: Medical content and Grief

_lees's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

thesapphire's review against another edition

challenging inspiring sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Death and Terminal illness

Minor: Vomit

ella_elizabeth66's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Terminal illness

Moderate: Infertility

deestreet's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Chronic illness, Drug use, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

marencollins's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Death

Minor: Grief

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Suicide, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility, Physical abuse, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, and Alcohol

captainrenjamin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical trauma

itsdeenlee's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

 a devastatingly sad and beautiful perspective on death and dying 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Terminal illness