Reviews for Being Brett: Chronicle of a Daughter's Death

The average rating for Being Brett: Chronicle of a Daughter's Death based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-01-27 00:00:00 Joe Donoghue I'm reading this book for my class on Dying and Death, coincidentally at the same college that Brett herself attended. It's a sobering read if nothing else. I'm excited to go over the book with my classmates, but I don't think I can say that I enjoyed the book, or got anything out of it (other than cancer is horrible and will slowly leech a person and there's only so much you can do in the face of that much uncertainty). I don't think this book has much to offer the average reader. It is, as the subtitle itself says, a chronicle of one woman's slow death by someone eager to chart every memory, every outfit, every good evening out, every visit, and every ounce of hope before her life came to an end. It is the author's (obsessive? but rightly so?) goal to write all these memories down before they fade, but page after page after page of medical details of one woman's recurring cancer doesn't make for rewarding reading.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-02-05 00:00:00 Jason SANDERS Heartbreaking account of a daughter's discovery on cancer to her death. Takes place, partly, in this neck of the woods (Pioneer Valley, MA), so interesting to hear about the local hospitals and hospice.