Reviews round-up
Things in Nature Merely Grow
by Yiyun Li
3 of 3 critics positive
5 reviews: 1 rave, 2 positives; 2 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
Rave
Read the review ↗“unlike any book I have read”
This story of losing two sons is unlike any book I have read
Positive
Read the review ↗“a calm, sensitive account of ‘radical acceptance’”
Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li audiobook review – a deconstruction of grief
Positive
Read the review ↗“this writer’s tale is deeply harrowing”
Two sons lost to suicide – this writer’s tale is deeply harrowing
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗Writing Into the Abyss After the Death of Two Sons (Published 2025)
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