Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

1 review

cepbreed's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad tense slow-paced

3.0

This book was my summer reading that I put of until the second week of school. Due to the circumstances I can’t exactly say that I enjoyed it, but it was incredibly interesting. The life of Dave Eggers reads like fiction. It was a rollercoaster of emotions and sometimes pity. In fact his life was straight coping for the majority. As a narrator he is candid and flawed, raw in the best possible ways. He does not sugarcoat, he is not egotistical and I was deeply touched by this. At some points I had to look up the pop culture references just to ground myself that this book is indeed reality.

Song:

• We Are Young - Fun. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Vomit, Medical trauma, Medical content, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Cancer, Grief, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Suicide, Addiction, Self harm, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Minor: Toxic friendship