Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom

12 reviews

julesfrigault's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Death, Medical content, and Grief

elanuruysal's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Graphic: Terminal illness and Death

quinnjuliac's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I loved this book. It’s about assisted/accompanied suicide and Alzheimer’s, but really it’s a love story. It gives you a vibrant understanding of the author’s relationship with her husband that is much more complex and vivid than most love stories I’ve read. Of course it’s also unbelievably sad, but also fascinating to learn about their experience. I’m so glad they were able to choose what was best for their family. Ultimately her description of her husband’s death was comforting. It’s a death that most of us don’t even think is really possible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Dementia, Death, Terminal illness, and Grief

alyssatuininga's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

 This one was a really tough read for me. The author’s husband is diagnosed with Alzheimer's and decides to travel to Switzerland where he is allowed to choose to end his life. The book is a memoir of the end of their time together, their last trip together, and the end of his life. This book was heartbreaking but written beautifully.  

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Graphic: Death, Dementia, Suicide, and Terminal illness

kiaragennaro's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

4.75

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Moderate: Dementia, Terminal illness, Death, and Suicide

leefox's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Had to read this after hearing an excerpt of it on This American Life Ep. 779 End of Earth. 

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Graphic: Grief, Chronic illness, Dementia, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Death

Minor: Car accident and Vomit

gruizco23's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Such a sad circumstance that we all hope we never have to live through. So well written and expressed. I feeo weird about rating this, but I'll give 5 stars for how captivating yet calm this book was. 

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Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Suicide

readingwithmeredith's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Grief, Suicide, Medical content, Infidelity, and Dementia

megbodz's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Suicide

florapants84's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Terminal illness