She's not particularly easy to empathize on a social level. She's enjoyed a lot of luck in life leading up to her diagnosis, and the journalist in her seems to not want to go into a deeper exploration of her emotions. As a result, I didn't connect with the material at all.
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Matthew Merkovich rated The priests of Ferris: 3 stars
Matthew Merkovich rated American Gods + Anansi Boys: 2 stars
Matthew Merkovich rated Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: 2 stars
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #7)
Harry has been burdened with a dark, dangerous and seemingly impossible task: that of locating and destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes. …
Matthew Merkovich rated Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: 2 stars
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #6)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a fantasy novel written by British author J.K. Rowling and the sixth and …
Matthew Merkovich rated Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: 2 stars
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #3)
'Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step …
Matthew Merkovich rated Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: 2 stars
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #5)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and …
Matthew Merkovich rated Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: 2 stars
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #4)
When the Quidditch World Cup is disrupted by Voldemort's rampaging supporters alongside the resurrection of the terrifying Dark Mark, it …
Matthew Merkovich rated Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: 2 stars
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #2)
Harry Potter is a wizard. He is in his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The three …
Matthew Merkovich rated Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: 2 stars
Matthew Merkovich rated The priests of Ferris: 4 stars
Matthew Merkovich rated The Halfmen of O: 4 stars
I could relate to her struggle with her own mortality and struggle with ALS, but ...
Matthew Merkovich reviewed Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
How a wealthy powerful person feels when her wealthy powerful husband dies.
2 stars
Hard to empathize with the author with all the socioeconomic baggage she lays out in this book, and she appears to have no self awareness about this. Having spent a life in the movie business myself, I've met many like her. She seems to be the prototypical limousine liberal.
Matthew Merkovich reviewed Dying: A Memoir by Cory Taylor
Not much about mortality or dying here.
2 stars
Really a remembrace of the author's familial relationdships.