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A review by taisynn
None Shall Sleep by Laura Giebfried
5.0
I got this book during a pomotional free period as listed on free reading deala. I am reviewing this in reference to my own life right now, and may sound as crazy as the characters in this book. This may contain spoilers, so be wary if you continue to read.
On Feburary 4th, I lost my maternal grandmother. She had been isolating herself from the family and refused any sort of medication - including her diabetes and liver medications. A few days before her passing, she stopped responding to my aunt, and she was rushed to the ER. On the day they chose to remove her life support, due to her no resuscitation clause in her medical forms, her family gathered around her for their final goodbyes. I stayed by my aunt and my mother's side as we watched her vital signs lower hour by hour, listening to her gasps for breath from her agape mouth. At 11:50 at night, she had a seizure which brought her out of her coma long enough to struggle to mouth the words "I love you, Magan" to my aunt before she flatlined.
The grief, anger, and the tragic loss of someone so close to you is something the protagonist in this book and I share. I was angry at my grandma for refusing to take her medications, as I felt it was her suicide in anger at my aunt about the expenses of her extravagant burial wishes, her desire to move out even though she couldn't afford it, and her many resentments toward my aunt for having a relationship and kids come in priority of letting my grandma rule her life by forcing her to take care of her every whim and wish. She gave her an amazing quality of life, but like everything else, it was never enough and she always demanded more.
I relate very deeply to Enim. The description of his tragic loss of life brought me to tears and reminded me of my grandma in her hospital bed. The inability to handle the details of her passing, whether it was suicide or if she was genuinely ill torment me. Should I blame myself for not saying or doing something sooner? I cannot decide and it is eating me alive. Next week I have to attend her Celebration of Life. The emotions from his telling of the wake are most likely what I will feel... as I already feel them. While my grandmother was not scitzophrenic, she was possiby very mentally ill and I can relate strongly to him on this.
Now the other details of this book were genuinely well-written and this was a fast-passed novel I devoured in one sitting. I laughed, cried, and then hit this book's mind bending plot twist. To find out whether his retelling of the events are real, or just his terrifying decent into madness, I already bought the rest of the series. 10/10 would read this book again.
On Feburary 4th, I lost my maternal grandmother. She had been isolating herself from the family and refused any sort of medication - including her diabetes and liver medications. A few days before her passing, she stopped responding to my aunt, and she was rushed to the ER. On the day they chose to remove her life support, due to her no resuscitation clause in her medical forms, her family gathered around her for their final goodbyes. I stayed by my aunt and my mother's side as we watched her vital signs lower hour by hour, listening to her gasps for breath from her agape mouth. At 11:50 at night, she had a seizure which brought her out of her coma long enough to struggle to mouth the words "I love you, Magan" to my aunt before she flatlined.
The grief, anger, and the tragic loss of someone so close to you is something the protagonist in this book and I share. I was angry at my grandma for refusing to take her medications, as I felt it was her suicide in anger at my aunt about the expenses of her extravagant burial wishes, her desire to move out even though she couldn't afford it, and her many resentments toward my aunt for having a relationship and kids come in priority of letting my grandma rule her life by forcing her to take care of her every whim and wish. She gave her an amazing quality of life, but like everything else, it was never enough and she always demanded more.
I relate very deeply to Enim. The description of his tragic loss of life brought me to tears and reminded me of my grandma in her hospital bed. The inability to handle the details of her passing, whether it was suicide or if she was genuinely ill torment me. Should I blame myself for not saying or doing something sooner? I cannot decide and it is eating me alive. Next week I have to attend her Celebration of Life. The emotions from his telling of the wake are most likely what I will feel... as I already feel them. While my grandmother was not scitzophrenic, she was possiby very mentally ill and I can relate strongly to him on this.
Now the other details of this book were genuinely well-written and this was a fast-passed novel I devoured in one sitting. I laughed, cried, and then hit this book's mind bending plot twist. To find out whether his retelling of the events are real, or just his terrifying decent into madness, I already bought the rest of the series. 10/10 would read this book again.