Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

124 reviews

aleyajo's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

Memoir of a smart and empathetic neurosurgeon diagnosed with cancer. Epilogue written by his widowed wife. I found his portion interesting but surprisingly not sad, his wife’s portion was sad to me though. His perspective of the medical field informed much of his decision-making process when diagnosed; he had difficulty letting himself simply be a patient. He also understood the importance of not simply extending life - but of meaningful time being more important than the quantity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cancer, Grief, Medical content, and Death

Moderate: Suicide

brecklyn's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

This is outside of my normal genre, but I really enjoyed his reflections on life, and philosophy and his perspective on death. I did not find it too sad, but it was definitely moving and poignant. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Grief, Medical content, Cancer, and Death

Minor: Cancer and Death

dazzling_cabbage's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

There was so much to absorb and take away from this book. I read it at a break neck speed as it was absolutely unputdownable, compared to other memoirs I’ve read. 
The questions of life, death and meaning of life are at first cognitively explored and then emotionally experienced. A truly human delivery of human circumstances. A story of suffering, loss and enduring love and care. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, Suicide, and Cancer

jchudson's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Medical content, Pregnancy, Grief, and Vomit

pondripples's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Medical content

photo_buff's review

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Medical content

bookish_bry's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Wow... this book really got to me. It's written very well and punches you in the gut. Paul's self-reflection at the end of his life hits hard. It was a hard book to get through, but it was very, very good. Don't read if you are not in the right emotional state. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Pregnancy

Paul is a doctor and described his medical training somewhat explicitly when talking about dissecting cadavers.

millie_eevee's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Blood, Suicide, and Vomit

venetiana's review against another edition

I'm sure this is great, just too heavy for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Cancer

Moderate: Medical content and Medical trauma

Minor: Grief