Review by Lexiem -- Dying Well by Susan Ducharme Hoben
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Review by Lexiem -- Dying Well by Susan Ducharme Hoben
[Following is a volunteer review of "Dying Well" by Susan Ducharme Hoben.]
Dying Well: Our Journey of Love and Loss by Susan Ducharme Hoben is a non-fictional story of a couple’s journey through cancer. This book is not a sob story filled with only depressing moments in life, but greatly promotes living life to the fullest and appreciating every moment. The story begins with Susan’s fight with cancer, which she beats, but then moves to Bruce, Susan’s husband, and his not so successful battle with cancer. Along the way, the couple grows and learns to “celebrate life” and live like there might not be a tomorrow. Although Bruce does not come out on the winning side of the fight, both Bruce and Susan love every day they have together and experience life for everything it has to offer.
What I liked most about this book is how it motivates the reader to love life for what it is and to let everyone around them know how much they love and appreciate them. It took Bruce having a terminal illness to realize that life is too short to have pointless disagreements and have falling outs in meaningful friendships, but by reading this couple’s experiences, readers can learn to change before they have to experience something like this.
There was nothing I disliked about this book. The story was never boring, I could not put the book down most nights. The pacing was very well written and there was enough detail in what else was going on in the couple’s lives that the reader could truly connect with the main characters, Susan and Bruce, and even their family. I became emotionally attached to these characters and could feel every time they were happy and also feel their pain when things were not going their way. There was nothing more that I could have asked for in this book.
Overall, I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars. This book was very well written and edited. I was never bored while reading about Susan and Bruce’s journey through the end of Bruce’s life. I love how this story was turned into something that many people can benefit from instead of a normal sad story of death.
I think this book should be read by anyone above the age of thirteen because of the complex nature of facing death. People under this age may not completely understand what is going on which will make this book unbeneficial to them.
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Dying Well
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Dying Well: Our Journey of Love and Loss by Susan Ducharme Hoben is a non-fictional story of a couple’s journey through cancer. This book is not a sob story filled with only depressing moments in life, but greatly promotes living life to the fullest and appreciating every moment. The story begins with Susan’s fight with cancer, which she beats, but then moves to Bruce, Susan’s husband, and his not so successful battle with cancer. Along the way, the couple grows and learns to “celebrate life” and live like there might not be a tomorrow. Although Bruce does not come out on the winning side of the fight, both Bruce and Susan love every day they have together and experience life for everything it has to offer.
What I liked most about this book is how it motivates the reader to love life for what it is and to let everyone around them know how much they love and appreciate them. It took Bruce having a terminal illness to realize that life is too short to have pointless disagreements and have falling outs in meaningful friendships, but by reading this couple’s experiences, readers can learn to change before they have to experience something like this.
There was nothing I disliked about this book. The story was never boring, I could not put the book down most nights. The pacing was very well written and there was enough detail in what else was going on in the couple’s lives that the reader could truly connect with the main characters, Susan and Bruce, and even their family. I became emotionally attached to these characters and could feel every time they were happy and also feel their pain when things were not going their way. There was nothing more that I could have asked for in this book.
Overall, I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars. This book was very well written and edited. I was never bored while reading about Susan and Bruce’s journey through the end of Bruce’s life. I love how this story was turned into something that many people can benefit from instead of a normal sad story of death.
I think this book should be read by anyone above the age of thirteen because of the complex nature of facing death. People under this age may not completely understand what is going on which will make this book unbeneficial to them.
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The story of both Susan and Bruce moved my heart. I realized that we should always appreciate and cherish every moment that we spend with our loved ones. Thanks for the awesome review.
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