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Dec 09, 2023BCsvenny rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I enjoyed this for two reasons: 1) His writing style is super, such a great command of language, in a refreshing way, 2) ironically I had throat cancer that metasticized to my lymph nodes in the same year as C.H. I faired better than he…
May 02, 2022becker rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
For Hitchens fans.
Sep 06, 2019IndyPL_JamesM rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Christopher Hitchens passed away on December 15, 2011 of esophageal cancer. In this, his last book, he chronicles the course of the path none of us ever wish to travel. He describes what it was like being diagnosed with esophageal cancer…
Apr 02, 2019dirtbag rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I didn't like this book when I read it. I don't think I have ever really liked one of his books although many are better than this one. Hitchen's always reminds me of Eeyore. Nothing is ever good or ever right. It just is.
Mar 17, 2019empbee rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Small but as good as any of his books. You learn, you laugh, you cry and understand. I love Hitchens' style and unsentimentality.
Dec 31, 2017mikemarotta rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
“You are tapped on the shoulder and told ‘The party’s over.’ Worse, what you are told is that the party is going on but that you have to leave.” -- Christopher Hitchens (not in this book). The last flight he took before he received the…
May 01, 2016
I enjoyed this challenging book when I read it a few years ago. Now I've just read Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air and feel these two memoirs with the same theme make wonderful companion pieces. How did two brilliant, youngish…
Feb 05, 2016tenniscat rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Beautiful book by a brilliant man who was more perfect, than not. Wish he had been with us longer! Hitchens always shows how people needed to use their brain and not be so soft; he went out in style.
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Sep 04, 2014redban rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Strange, but this book got me into reading Christopher Hitchens. While he has many strong opinions and I can't say I fully agree with them all, I find his arguments engaging, and if nothing else I find his prose and public appearances to…
Sep 02, 2013Pisinga rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Before reading this little book I didn't know who the author was. Then I searched a little bit and I found that he was a very controversial author, speaker and journalist. You can be agreeing with him on so many things, or not. In this…
Feb 18, 2013
Not sure why Hitchens wrote this book. Good enough read; but, not full of new wisdom - other than a good take on the cancer "process"
Dec 03, 2012Ron@Ottawa rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This version of the book is in large letters, and the book itself is probably the shortest book by Hitchens. A good read into the mind of a thinker and journalist who is confronting death. I enjoyed reading it.
Nov 30, 2012Ichigaga rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This small book are the thoughts of a man putting up with cancer treatment, never surrendered, though some days were pretty tough. I had chemo and I can't conceive of having the clarity to write like he did, and he went through alot worse…
Oct 27, 2012JudithE rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I liked this book; it was very honest and quite interesting. The whole atheist vs believer issue which is dear to the author's heart didn't interest me as much, though. Dying is hard, and his sounded both horrendous and exhausting. An…
Sep 15, 2012
How to die with unflinching courage and without compromise