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janey's review against another edition
4.0
I thought I would like this one better than I did; but I liked it well enough to want to read some oof her fiction.
acmarinho3's review against another edition
4.0
Quando ouvi a sugestão deste livro num podcast fiquei com imensa curiosidade em saber mais. Para além da capa ser lindíssima, adorei as ilustrações que acompanham o início dos capítulos e a associação a diferentes partes do corpo humano - algo inevitável quando se fala de morte, mas mesmo assim considerei um pormenor interessante. O livro é composto por 17 experiências de "quase morte", que, na verdade, prefiro descrever como experiências em que a morte andou por lá a pairar. 17 textos em que se fala de passeios com encontros indesejados, mergulhos arriscados, doenças, aborto e entre outras situações. Admito que alguns me tocaram, especialmente o que fala sobre anafilaxia e sobre a sensação de uma mãe perder um filho. Outros incomodaram-me profundamente, como o primeiro de todos, um passeio que poderia ter um fim terrível para a autora. Maggie O'Farrell diz que "não há nada de único ou especial em experiências de quase-morte. Não são raras; toda a gente, diria eu, já as teve, a dado momento das suas vidas, talvez sem sequer se aperceberem", talvez tenha sido isso que me deixou reticente durante a leitura e que acabou por influenciar a minha classificação final - eu e a morte temos uma relação complicada; ao ler este livro questionei-me que, se calhar, eu é que fechei muitas vezes os olhos para não me aperceber dessas experiências.
qqjj's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
cloudsoflemons's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
jaclyncrupi's review against another edition
3.0
Although I love the idea of exploring a life through brushes with death I think reading this book in one sitting was a bad idea. Maggie O'Farrell has had more than her fair share of near death experiences! This memoir is gripping and intense but I found, as I read it, it had a distancing effect.
emmabeckman's review against another edition
5.0
Mmmm... yes... this was very good. I really like Maggie O'Farrell's writing style (and I definitely need to pick up more of her work). I liked how this was structured, with the bouncing through time and ending with the daughter. My only complaint (such as it is) is that the ocean is known to be disorienting for anyone when you're stuck in it, and I think the description of her disability and its relation to her visual perception may have been better placed in the section with the dog and the truck than where it was. But I also thought it was good that it was introduced early on, when the other one was placed much later in the collection.
This book has a lower average rating than I might have expected, and I wonder if it is at least in part because people feel like some of the brushes are either very light/distant or overblown/exaggerated. And personally, I feel like even if they were dramatized (which I don't think they were), I still really love how she wrote about them, so that I overall really enjoyed all of the essays, no matter how tangential they seemed.
This book has a lower average rating than I might have expected, and I wonder if it is at least in part because people feel like some of the brushes are either very light/distant or overblown/exaggerated. And personally, I feel like even if they were dramatized (which I don't think they were), I still really love how she wrote about them, so that I overall really enjoyed all of the essays, no matter how tangential they seemed.
br1sr3alm's review against another edition
4.0
What a horrifying yet heartbreaking book. The strength and courage is just astounding. If you are ever feeling like everything's just too hard, and you're done fighting it already, read this. My problems are nothing to complain about in comparison.
krissy1's review against another edition
2.0
𝘐 𝘈𝘮, 𝘐 𝘈𝘮, 𝘐 𝘈𝘮* 𝘣𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘦 𝘖’𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘴 17 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳-𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.
𝙍𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 :⭐️⭐️/5
𝘐 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘪𝘳𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸, 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧-𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬.
𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥…
#iamiamiam #maggieofarrell
𝙍𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 :⭐️⭐️/5
𝘐 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘪𝘳𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸, 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧-𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬.
𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥…
#iamiamiam #maggieofarrell
_maddsharks_'s review against another edition
4.75
beautiful, captivating, intense- cried multiple times. She's such a gifted writer.