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Alison Pink (7 KP) rated The Grief of Others in Books

Jan 15, 2018

This book tracks a family in & out of several years in their lives. It follows John, Ricky, Paul, Biscuit & Jess. It tells their stories & allows you a glimpse into their innermost thoughts. I find it hard to describe this book because nothing really happens, yet everything happens...loss, betrayl, grief, love. The ending fit with this theme of everything & nothing. It was not a typical satisfying ending & lacked closure. Yet was the perfect ending to the Ryrie's story at the same time.

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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Jackie (2016) in Movies

Sep 6, 2017

Jackie (2016)

2016 | Drama

6.7

(10 Ratings)

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Raw emotions and fabulous acting from Natalie Portman

This was pretty tragic, the inside story of the wife who has to witness her husband being assassinated in front of her eyes. This was about Jackie Kennedy, and the grief she felt following John F. Kennedy's death. Natalie Portman was once again magnificent, showing the raw emotion and confusion felt being a First Lady in mourning. And while there's not much else to the story, it's all about bereavement which is complex enough.

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Karley Sciortino recommended The Year of Magical Thinking in Books (curated)

"I guess it’s a bit obvious to have a Joan Didion book on my list, but she is my most loved writer of all time. This book is a memoir about the year the followed her husband’s sudden death, and is one of the greatest books about grief and loss ever written. I re-read it last year, after going through a breakup, and it really helped me. I recommend it to anyone who's dealing with the loss of someone or something."

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Sarah (7800 KP) rated A Monster Calls in Books

Nov 30, 2017

A Monster Calls

Patrick Ness | 2016 | Children

8.6

(40 Ratings)

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Very emotional

This is such a heart wrenching story. As someone who has been through something similar albeit at an older age, this really rang true. It's a very stark and honest book about grief, very well written with a very relatable main character. It is pretty short, maybe too short but this doesn't detract from tbe story and considering the subject matter, it is fairly predictable. The ending really made me cry, it deals with the subject matter in such an elegant way.

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Lee (2222 KP) rated A Ghost Story (2017) in Movies

Jul 21, 2018

Recently added to Netflix is 2017 movie A Ghost Story, starring Casey Affleck. From A24, the studio responsible for The Witch and Heteditary, so I was very dubious about watching this! A poignantly beautiful tale of life, death, time and grief. With minimal dialogue, it is definitely a very weird film (a 5 minute scene of someone literally just eating pie in silence?!), and many people will just hate it. For me, there was just enough thought provoking and beautifully shot scenes to keep me happy.

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Barry Newman (204 KP) rated Collateral Beauty (2016) in Movies

Jan 28, 2020

It's unashamedly sentimental but this was still certainly much better than I had expected it to be considering the critical slating it got. A powerful and at times emotional study of a man struggling with grief following a bereavement. It was an interesting and quite clever story and the ensemble cast all did great work (particularly Will Smith in the lead role) and I genuinely didn't see the ending coming. It's probably not something I would rewatch but it's certainly worthy of your time.