A Grief Observed

Title: A Grief Observed
Author: C.S. Lewis
Genre: Memoir, Non-Fiction
Format: Paperback
Pages: 76
Reason Read: Recommended
Rating:

My Thoughts

I had a really hard time with A GRIEF OBSERVED. I take things very literally and I can’t often sift through others’ unfiltered thoughts, especially when they go all over the place. This book felt very unorganized, which as it turns out is how grief manifests itself, but it was hard for me to follow and understand. Good thing it was only 76 pages.

I did feel like it was insightful in showing how someone dealt with their grief. But, I didn’t feel like I could relate to Lewis because I lost my mom not my lover. The feelings he had weren’t the same I experienced.

There was one thing I did like that Lewis said. It’s at the beginning of the last chapter:

“Grief is like a long valley, a winding valley where any bend may reveal a totally new landscape … not every bend does. Sometimes … you are presented with exactly the same sort of country you thought you had left behind miles ago…. There are partial recurrences, but the sequence doesn’t repeat.”

I’ve felt very much like this since my mom passed away last year. It was nice to see that others have felt that way too, that I’m not unique in that way, and that everyone who is grieving goes through these same experiences, just a little differently.