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I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death by Maggie O'Farrell
12 reviews
annakh16's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Medical content
Moderate: Chronic illness, Infertility, Miscarriage, Violence, and Grief
Minor: Sexual assault, Excrement, Murder, and Pregnancy
annabunce's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
skillwithaquill's review against another edition
5.0
None of the usual trappings of inspiration porn, healing through Jesus, or spiritual woowoo that many memoirs about illness and near-death experiences fall into. It’s thoughtful, but not preachy. Meaningful, but not maudlin. I’ll definitely revisit it in the future.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Miscarriage, Sexism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death and Misogyny
Minor: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Abortion
Other content warnings & specifics: medical sexism, graphic discussions of childbirth & c-section, attempted assault & kidnapping, child in peril, graphic depiction of a near drowning, claustrophobia, abortion (in the context of a missed miscarriage requiring surgical intervention).hjcomic's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder
edgaranjapoe's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Chronic illness, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
linnaea's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Sexual assault
rjohns5's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Chronic illness, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Medical trauma
jamihoneycutt's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
kelly_e's review against another edition
3.25
Author: Maggie O'Farrell
Genre: Memoir
Rating: 3.25
Pub Date: August 27 2017
T H R E E • W O R D S
Intimate • Unconventional • Articulate
📖 S Y N O P S I S
I Am, I Am, I Am is the deeply personal memoir from British novelist Maggie O'Farrell, exploring seventeen brushes with death sprinkled throughout her life. From a childhood illness to a a frightening encounter deep in the jungle to dealing with a child diagnosed with severe allergies, each essay explores the preciousness of life.
💭 T H O U G H T S
This book had been on my TBR since it's release, and I honestly thought I was going to love it. Not only did it come highly recommended to me, but the beautiful cover and synopsis were right up my alley. However, it failed to engage me completely the whole way through. It is a deeply personal and insightful account of the fragility of life, yet I wasn't overly moved. What didn't work for me was the structure. Personally, I think a chronological order of events would have benefitted the narration and made for a more enjoyable reading experience. With that said, her writing is stunningly beautiful and she explores the complexities of life in a delicate manner.
I anticipated loving this book, and honestly it didn't live up to my expectations. While this wasn't the powerful, moving memoir I was hoping for, it was still worth reading.
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• readers who enjoyed The Year of Magical Thinking
• Maggie O'Farrell fans
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"The people who teach us something retain a particularly vivid place in our memoires. I'd been a parent for about ten minutes when I met the man, but he taught me, with a small gesture, one of the most important things about the job: kindness, intuition, touch, and that sometimes you don't even need words."
Graphic: Chronic illness, Miscarriage, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Death, Infertility, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Pregnancy
spacecowpal's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Murder