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A review by joannakwilliams
What Doesn't Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness - Lessons from a Body in Revolt by Tessa Miller
dark
medium-paced
3.5
I was hoping for a chronic illness memoir. This is more of a memoir crossed with a self help book for people first dealing with having a chronic illness. I also didn’t quite vibe the style - it felt like it was written by a journalist in the 2010s.
That said, there was a lot of vulnerability about sharing her the ups and downs of her experience. I thought the majority of the memoir parts of the book were quite engaging. But I think I would recommend Samantha Irby writing over this book.
That said, there was a lot of vulnerability about sharing her the ups and downs of her experience. I thought the majority of the memoir parts of the book were quite engaging. But I think I would recommend Samantha Irby writing over this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma