Reviews tagging 'Death'

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

216 reviews

sarah_hutchins's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Suicide

cherie17's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Medical content, and Death

333amreen's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

VERY INSIGHTFUL!!! not just into a doctor's life and their relationship with their patients & their confrontation with life and death everyday! But also, into HIS life, Paul's beautiful life & his philosophies that were astounding. Overall, an emotional ride, especially the latter part!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Medical content, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

garyosu's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Vomit, Death, Grief, Medical content, Cancer, and Death of parent

amandab0514's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Cancer, Death, and Suicide

morebookspls's review

reflective sad

4.0

A short book, but not a quick read. I had to take breaks to process. The epilogue absolutely wrecked me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Cancer

linzlee's review

emotional sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Grief

guinness74's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I think this book’s importance might be understated. Kalanithi’s life and death (I really don’t think that’s a spoiler at this point) are the focal point, but it’s his observance of death and how to go about it from both the perspective of doctor and patient that are the most valuable in this book. That’s not to say it isn’t emotional and, at times, hard to read…it is. But, it is a sort of blueprint of the process of dying and having a life experience worth sharing on the way out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Vomit, Terminal illness, and Death

thekatlouise's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death

knjelite's review

challenging inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

Paul's meditation on life and death and the meaning-making process that comes with navigating those two absolutes was both a joy and a slow devastation to listen to. I was especially connected to his mindset regarding the medical profession with my sister currently going through a similar process so the overall premise struck a chord with me. While an abrupt ending, the meaning was not lost on me and I appreciated the decision of his wife carrying on his final testimony. Overall deeply reflective but accessible book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cancer, and Death