sve100's review against another edition
4.0
Страхотна книга за хора, които са преживели загуба на близък. Препоръчвам и се надявам да я издадат на български.
brooke_review's review against another edition
3.0
I listened to this book after the death of my beloved dog. While I found the book to be helpful in some aspects, in others, it wasn't at all. I will say that the book gets better towards the end. I was really turned off in the beginning due to Devine's horribly negative attitude & sarcasm. However, she did speak a lot of truth on society not knowing how to deal with the grieving, and she gave some good tips on how people can help those carrying grief. If anything, this book made me more aware of how to be more helpful & sympathetic to the grieving population, but it didn't make me feel heard or comforted in my own grief.
snoapdawg's review against another edition
3.0
Some really beautiful insights but I felt that this was more relevant to someone who is in early grief. I lost steam about halfway through - I just think that this would have worked better in a shorter format. You had to dig through what felt like a lot of filler to get to some of the gems, and that's what made me fall off eventually.
silkyyy's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
hillarycopsey's review
4.0
It took me a year to read this not because it wasn't good, but because it was, it is.
When I first started reading this, I was just weeks away from the death of my father. I found this helpful -- until I didn't. It wasn't any big moment of frustration with the book. I just stopped reading. And never picked it back up. When I finally started where I left off this November, right after Thanksgiving, I realized that where I stopped, Devine is telling the reader that there's no way through grief. There's just carrying it forward. I wasn't ready to hear that a year ago.
This book offers good, practical advice and validation to people grieving, and to the people who want to support them. Definitely recommend.
When I first started reading this, I was just weeks away from the death of my father. I found this helpful -- until I didn't. It wasn't any big moment of frustration with the book. I just stopped reading. And never picked it back up. When I finally started where I left off this November, right after Thanksgiving, I realized that where I stopped, Devine is telling the reader that there's no way through grief. There's just carrying it forward. I wasn't ready to hear that a year ago.
This book offers good, practical advice and validation to people grieving, and to the people who want to support them. Definitely recommend.
darbystouffer's review against another edition
3.0
A refreshing and validating perspective in a lot of ways. Pretty repetitive. Definitely not written from a Christian POV which, truthfully on this specific topic was indeed refreshing in a lot of ways compared to a lot of the usual materials
kat_c_h's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.25
This book heavily focuses on the impact of grief and loss. This is a book that's helpful for Therapists and regular people experiencing grief. It's easy to allow others to be sad/grieve, but acknowledging it in myself is incredibly hard. I struggle with acknowledging my own grief journey but this book helped me remember that it's okay to not be okay but it might look different than what's expected. Grief is not linear, nor does it fully go away. We learn how to grow with it.
kelbi's review against another edition
5.0
This book totally gets my situation. It will never be OK again so far as I am concerned, but I have to make the best of life and am trying to do that.
raybee01's review
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I have never felt so seen by a book before. How Megan Devine describes occurrences that happen when someone is grieving was truly nearly identical to experiences I had experienced during my earlier stages of grieving. When this book was recommended to me, I was a little hesitant to read it given where I was in my grieving process, but after reading it, I had begun to recommend it to others. This book truly changed my life!!
upturnedroots's review against another edition
5.0
This book got me through two very difficult months. It's still very early in this very long and difficult journey, but I am glad I have a friend who cares for me enough to give me this wealth of wisdom. Megan's words were uncannily right on par with my own thoughts and feelings and words. The pain I have now is quieter but clear as ever, and I am not afraid to carry it.