Jessica
Like pretty much all general non-fiction books, I just feel it could have been shorter. I wish non-fiction wasn't afraid of being 100 great pages rather than 300 mediocre ones.
It is also very, very much a product of its publication date. COVID and racial tension in the US form the framework for understanding the myth of closure, whereas I would argue that just a few years later, the wholesale destruction of the American experiment and climate grief would be better frameworks today.
All that said, this has a lot to say about grief and I think it is a valuable read for pretty much anyone. The sister book here is absolutely Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning. They are almost two sides of the same coin.
Like pretty much all general non-fiction books, I just feel it could have been shorter. I wish non-fiction wasn't afraid of being 100 great pages rather than 300 mediocre ones.
It is also very, very much a product of its publication date. COVID and racial tension in the US form the framework for understanding the myth of closure, whereas I would argue that just a few years later, the wholesale destruction of the American experiment and climate grief would be better frameworks today.
All that said, this has a lot to say about grief and I think it is a valuable read for pretty much anyone. The sister book here is absolutely Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning. They are almost two sides of the same coin.