A review by bdingz
The Mercy Papers: A Memoir of Three Weeks by Robin Romm

5.0

I quite loved this. I have noticed a lot of reviews are unsympathetic towards Romm, calling her selfish or unlikeable. On the contrary, I like the fact that Romm was honest about her uglier feelings in this book. It made me feel less lonely in my own experience with grief. Grief is often accompanied by intense anger and I think we often gloss over that. Romm did not.

The only thing I wasn't sure about was the lack of division into chapters. Perhaps that's because it's a pretty short book, but I find chapters help guide me through a story. I feel accomplished when I finish a chapter, so in a way it makes me want to read more? I don't know. But overall, it was a minor issue.