A review by melplays9000
The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story by Christie Watson

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

I found this a very average book. It did make me cry but only because of the subject matter. It reminded me of “Dear Life by Rachel Clarke” in many ways. A nurses perspective is not one I’ve read from before and I found interesting the way it differs from a doctors. I liked the telling of patient stories, they’re a huge part of this book and they definitely carried it because there is really little of the authors life outside of her job. I wish there was more discussion of her personal life although I understand if she purposely didn’t want to include it. 

Overall I found this book interesting but not revolutionary. I probably won’t think about it often but I had a good time while I was there. 3 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Death of parent