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Alive, Alive Oh!: And Other Things That Matter by Diana Athill

sshenkin's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.0

susaned's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful inspiring slow-paced

3.0

auroraboringallofus's review

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5.0

Straightforward and unexpected.

lspargo's review

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3.0

This book was not quite what I thought it was. The author is a 97-year-old British lady, and I thought this was a book of lessons learned about what's really important in life. Instead, it was a collection of her favorite and most meaningful memories. Most of them were compelling, and I did enjoy her writing.

cradlow's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective

4.5

martynahanna's review against another edition

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4.0

Lovely musings on aging, books, being alive and dying, written with wit and grace.

sean67's review

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3.0

Old lady writes another book. Author apparently wrote a book about her life at an old age and became famous, that one I have not read and this is a follow up. It had some ok things to say, but really wasn't that exciting, possibly more famous because she was an old lady.

eliiiiiiizabthh's review against another edition

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4.0

I read this one because I liked her other so much, but she ends up sounding more like a cantankerous old woman in this one.

bookadventurer's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring fast-paced

5.0

jinjer's review

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2.0

I wanted to read this memoir...book of essays...by a 98?-yo because I love memoirs and because I live with a 94-yo. lol

Unfortunately, it was just ok for me. The writing was fine, I just wasn't that interested in what she talked about in the book.

Because she IS a great writer, I want to try some of her other books.