Reviews tagging 'Death'

Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

47 reviews

blakeandbooks's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Chimamanda writes with such vulnerable emotions on grieving her father that you cannot help but feel her grief yourself. Especially if you’ve ever lost someone you love and cherish, losing them can take such a toll on your overall wellbeing. You feel that through every line of this book. We all lived through COVID and the isolation and loneliness that it brought upon us. She peels back the curtain on what it was like for her family to all have to video chat weekly, only to be told one day her father passed away in their home in Nigeria and having to delay the funeral due to airports being shut down and no flights going in or out of countries. I had 4 family members pass during COVID (2 from COVID), and it was awful to experience being unable to properly gather for our loved ones and grieve together during that time. 

It’s a short read, but it packs a punch to the gut. Reading her words on loss and grief made me sit with her words and my own feelings on those I’ve lost. It can be difficult to evoke emotions from others, and Chimamanda always does such an incredible job of peeling back layers and making the reader feel and empathize. 

If you are grieving or have grieved or just want to read a beautifully written book, I recommend reading these notes. She did not have to be vulnerable and lay out these words to us, but I am grateful that she did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Death

rishireads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

leonormsousa's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

tatjanasbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: War

maxthefish's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical content, Kidnapping, and War

gabriella_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Incredibly sad and beautiful. Recommended for anyone grieving, especially during the pandemic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

guinness74's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Adichie is a strong, brilliant voice in the pantheon of writers that I enjoy. I have not read all of her works, but those I have speak to me. And, though I have been mostly untouched by the grief that she evinces in this short book, I am aware of the fleeting nature of human life and the realization that my own parents are coming into the sunset of their lives, so this book seems to have more to tell me in its wisdom. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Kidnapping, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

deenmachine's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Love a short grief book. Often that's all I really need or can handle. This one doesn't capture it all but it isn't meant to. A loving and bittersweet reflection on her father and what it is to lose someone you really, really care about

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: War

agnesbebon's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

honeyvoiced's review against another edition

sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Death and Kidnapping