Review of Butterfly Awakens
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Review of Butterfly Awakens
[Following is a volunteer review of "Butterfly Awakens" by Meg Nocero.]
Butterfly Awakens by Meg Nocero is an emotionally charged memoir about the author’s experience walking the El Camino de Santiago in Spain after experiencing the death of her mother. Beginning with the diagnosis of her mother’s fatal breast cancer diagnosis, the author describes how observing her mother’s illness and eventual death devastated her. As her life became a never-ending spiral of grief and depression, her job as a lawyer in the department of immigration begins to suffer. After she developed tinnitus, her life became worse. She becomes obsessed with a vision of a lighthouse she saw when her mother died. This vision motivates her to begin writing to heal from her grief and eventually leads her on a journey of personal transformation.
What I liked the best about this book was its inspirational nature. I found the positivity of the writer in the face of her grief very inspiring. This was because it was so motivating to hear how the author went from the bleakness of depression to becoming a motivational speaker and writer. This is something that I found very encouraging about the author’s story.
I also liked how relatable the author’s writing was. The descriptions of the author’s experience with grief and the trials and tribulations of her workplace are all very candid and honest. Because of this, I found her memoir very understandable for someone suffering from grief, depression, and a disenchantment with life.
I also found the author’s description of her pilgrimage along El Camino de Santiago to be quite interesting and engaging. Hearing about how traveling this route transformed the author’s life made it feel like such a spiritual experience. This spiritual quality made me wish I could be with the author on her trip and go on my own personal pilgrimage.
There was not much that I did not like about this book. I found the author tended to be a bit overdramatic about her experiences. For example, during her trip along the El Camino, she begins to worry about all the horrible things that could happen to her along the route. However, this is also part of what makes the book so relatable for people.
I found this book very encouraging to read and found it very motivating for me to consider how I can grow in my own life. Because of this, I would give this book four out of four stars. I would recommend it to anyone who is having trouble with grief or depression. I would also recommend it to anyone who is looking for a good emotional memoir or just looking for travel motivation.
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Butterfly Awakens
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Butterfly Awakens by Meg Nocero is an emotionally charged memoir about the author’s experience walking the El Camino de Santiago in Spain after experiencing the death of her mother. Beginning with the diagnosis of her mother’s fatal breast cancer diagnosis, the author describes how observing her mother’s illness and eventual death devastated her. As her life became a never-ending spiral of grief and depression, her job as a lawyer in the department of immigration begins to suffer. After she developed tinnitus, her life became worse. She becomes obsessed with a vision of a lighthouse she saw when her mother died. This vision motivates her to begin writing to heal from her grief and eventually leads her on a journey of personal transformation.
What I liked the best about this book was its inspirational nature. I found the positivity of the writer in the face of her grief very inspiring. This was because it was so motivating to hear how the author went from the bleakness of depression to becoming a motivational speaker and writer. This is something that I found very encouraging about the author’s story.
I also liked how relatable the author’s writing was. The descriptions of the author’s experience with grief and the trials and tribulations of her workplace are all very candid and honest. Because of this, I found her memoir very understandable for someone suffering from grief, depression, and a disenchantment with life.
I also found the author’s description of her pilgrimage along El Camino de Santiago to be quite interesting and engaging. Hearing about how traveling this route transformed the author’s life made it feel like such a spiritual experience. This spiritual quality made me wish I could be with the author on her trip and go on my own personal pilgrimage.
There was not much that I did not like about this book. I found the author tended to be a bit overdramatic about her experiences. For example, during her trip along the El Camino, she begins to worry about all the horrible things that could happen to her along the route. However, this is also part of what makes the book so relatable for people.
I found this book very encouraging to read and found it very motivating for me to consider how I can grow in my own life. Because of this, I would give this book four out of four stars. I would recommend it to anyone who is having trouble with grief or depression. I would also recommend it to anyone who is looking for a good emotional memoir or just looking for travel motivation.
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Butterfly Awakens
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