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deanbutt's review against another edition
Kan mærkes i hele kroppen. Vanvittig læseoplevelse. Av og wow! Men av mit hjerte. 5 stjerner herfra
Ligeså god anden gang!
Ligeså god anden gang!
jaaha's review against another edition
4.0
Ohut, mutta painava kirja surusta, eloon jääneen surusta läheisen kuoltua. Kirja siitä, miten kirjoittaa siitä, mistä ei voi kirjoittaa. Luin tämän kerralla, suuren liikutuksen vallassa.
quinndm's review against another edition
4.0
This is one of those rare books you can only experience. You can't really talk about it or explain it--it needs to be felt, and every page needs to be absorbed. It is personal, it is painful, it is raw, it is powerful, and it is beautiful. And it will be many more things to every person who experiences this profound book for themselves.
stephirene's review against another edition
4.0
A really beautiful book about experiencing the tragic death of a loved one. Crushing in its rawness when describing the actual death and all the events before and after. And getting to the work of dealing with with said loss.
soulakosti's review against another edition
5.0
“I think about you all the time and I don't think about
you all the time I am able to forget and laugh and eat and sleep I'm capable of living I'm indomitable I carry you with me always.”
When Death Takes Something From You Give It Back is a heart-wrenching story written by Naja Marie Aidt after she loses her son Carl in a tragic accident. Naja shares her recollection of events and entries from her diaries before and after Carl’s loss in a disordered fashion. As we start reading, we get glimpses of what happened the night Carl died while also seeing him growing up through the eyes of his mother and experience her inner struggles throughout his life and even years after.
This book is so raw and beautiful that makes it impossible not to love. Naja often writes with such urgency to get the words out and put her feelings on the paper that showcases the drowning feeling of loss. Around the same time that Naja lost her son, I also lost my father; same year, same month, different date. Some parts felt relatable and others comforting on the aspect that maybe we don’t ever know a person as much as we’d have liked.
The most difficult and heartbreaking parts to read were when Naja felt somewhat responsible for her son’s loss as she often expressed getting mad at herself and her body for being able to give life but not maintain it. A beautiful book overall but the reader will need to be in the right mood and headspace to pick it up.
“The bereaved must struggle on through life, and hope that the love underlying the feeling of loss is larger than the loss itself, and that this love creates love and compassion.”
you all the time I am able to forget and laugh and eat and sleep I'm capable of living I'm indomitable I carry you with me always.”
When Death Takes Something From You Give It Back is a heart-wrenching story written by Naja Marie Aidt after she loses her son Carl in a tragic accident. Naja shares her recollection of events and entries from her diaries before and after Carl’s loss in a disordered fashion. As we start reading, we get glimpses of what happened the night Carl died while also seeing him growing up through the eyes of his mother and experience her inner struggles throughout his life and even years after.
This book is so raw and beautiful that makes it impossible not to love. Naja often writes with such urgency to get the words out and put her feelings on the paper that showcases the drowning feeling of loss. Around the same time that Naja lost her son, I also lost my father; same year, same month, different date. Some parts felt relatable and others comforting on the aspect that maybe we don’t ever know a person as much as we’d have liked.
The most difficult and heartbreaking parts to read were when Naja felt somewhat responsible for her son’s loss as she often expressed getting mad at herself and her body for being able to give life but not maintain it. A beautiful book overall but the reader will need to be in the right mood and headspace to pick it up.
“The bereaved must struggle on through life, and hope that the love underlying the feeling of loss is larger than the loss itself, and that this love creates love and compassion.”
loisbeaa's review against another edition
So very sad, my eyes kept glancing to the italics where the rawness of her child’s death was laid out very plainly, like gossip. I felt I wasn’t respecting her grief, I just wanted to know what had happened exactly. So I put the book down, and will return when I have learnt the patience to sit in those feelings.
mariefica's review against another edition
4.0
I read this book to understand my motherâs pain. I broke my heart, again and again. I hope she will one day be able to take it back.-