Review of The Ultimate Love
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Review of The Ultimate Love
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Ultimate Love" by Sherine Anniruth.]
Death... an eventuality no one looks forward to, but shuns. Nobody wants to die early, or to leave their loved ones so soon. We surely have goals set, dreams to realize and successes to achieve in our lifetimes. Neither would anyone wish to be left behind when someone dear returns to the folds of our creator's embrace. But death is inevitable. Life as we know it is running on borrowed time. It has an expiry date - although it varies per person. One may leave this chaotic world earlier than others.
But how on earth do we cope with the grief that follows the loss? How do we accept that we are the ones left behind? How do we move on from the devastation death brings? In The Ultimate Love by Sherine Anniruth, a non-fiction book she has written while grieving for her son Nadeem's passing at an early age, coping with the pain of losing a beloved and addressing such grief becomes a process. When her firstborn son left this world, her own world crumbled. The myriad of emotions in accepting the truth of her loss, of being left behind when she wasn't ready to let go, of trying to find sense in what happened, to finding something or someone, even God Himself to put the blame on, up to the moment of acceptance and processing all of these, vividly described how she has finally emerged from the black hole of despair. She has chronicled her everyday routine and packed them into one emotion-packed book.
One thing I liked about the book is that, it made me reflect on my own emotional stability. I asked myself, if such a thing happened to me, will I be able to cope? Although I haven't felt as strongly as I was supposed to feel, given that the book is based on the author's true account of events, I reckon it's because I haven't experienced a loss such as hers, and I wouldn't want it to happen to me or to anybody else. At least by reading this book, I already have an idea on what to do, or how to be a source of support to someone who may share the same loss.
I don't think that the book has been edited professionally though. I noticed a tendency to repeat what has been told or described in earlier chapters to subsequent chapters which I think is unnecessary. Also, most chapter's opening paragraphs are in block form, instead of them being indented, although I feel it was the author's writing style. However, there was no consistency there, as some chapters are indented like in chapters 7 and 12. I also found some typo errors which can be corrected during the editing process.
Because of a number of errors I am giving this book 2 out of 4 stars. Should this book be professionally edited I think it would certainly deserve more stars. Despite the rating I gave, I would still recommend this book to anyone who has lost someone dear and is currently trying to come to terms with grief and the pain of such loss. I am sure they will find tips in this book that are helpful.
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The Ultimate Love
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Death... an eventuality no one looks forward to, but shuns. Nobody wants to die early, or to leave their loved ones so soon. We surely have goals set, dreams to realize and successes to achieve in our lifetimes. Neither would anyone wish to be left behind when someone dear returns to the folds of our creator's embrace. But death is inevitable. Life as we know it is running on borrowed time. It has an expiry date - although it varies per person. One may leave this chaotic world earlier than others.
But how on earth do we cope with the grief that follows the loss? How do we accept that we are the ones left behind? How do we move on from the devastation death brings? In The Ultimate Love by Sherine Anniruth, a non-fiction book she has written while grieving for her son Nadeem's passing at an early age, coping with the pain of losing a beloved and addressing such grief becomes a process. When her firstborn son left this world, her own world crumbled. The myriad of emotions in accepting the truth of her loss, of being left behind when she wasn't ready to let go, of trying to find sense in what happened, to finding something or someone, even God Himself to put the blame on, up to the moment of acceptance and processing all of these, vividly described how she has finally emerged from the black hole of despair. She has chronicled her everyday routine and packed them into one emotion-packed book.
One thing I liked about the book is that, it made me reflect on my own emotional stability. I asked myself, if such a thing happened to me, will I be able to cope? Although I haven't felt as strongly as I was supposed to feel, given that the book is based on the author's true account of events, I reckon it's because I haven't experienced a loss such as hers, and I wouldn't want it to happen to me or to anybody else. At least by reading this book, I already have an idea on what to do, or how to be a source of support to someone who may share the same loss.
I don't think that the book has been edited professionally though. I noticed a tendency to repeat what has been told or described in earlier chapters to subsequent chapters which I think is unnecessary. Also, most chapter's opening paragraphs are in block form, instead of them being indented, although I feel it was the author's writing style. However, there was no consistency there, as some chapters are indented like in chapters 7 and 12. I also found some typo errors which can be corrected during the editing process.
Because of a number of errors I am giving this book 2 out of 4 stars. Should this book be professionally edited I think it would certainly deserve more stars. Despite the rating I gave, I would still recommend this book to anyone who has lost someone dear and is currently trying to come to terms with grief and the pain of such loss. I am sure they will find tips in this book that are helpful.
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The Ultimate Love
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
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