Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

118 reviews

kermitcaroline's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

I was not expecting this book to be so great. Very informative about the life of Henrietta and her children. This is a must read for anyone in STEM research 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Racism, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, and Medical content

micklesreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

This book was fascinating and really centered the Lacks family, which I loved. I sometimes felt like the descriptions of Deborah were exploitative; I would like to have seen more nuance there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Torture, Cancer, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Incest, and Pedophilia

eegrasse's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Classism, Domestic abuse, Incest, Racism, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Medical content, Physical abuse, Cancer, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide

halsteady's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Medical content, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Incest, and Cancer

memento_vivere's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Medical content, Racism, Chronic illness, and Rape

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Incest, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Blood, Slavery, Ableism, and Alcohol

kwichris's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma

Moderate: Racism and Cancer

kirstieanya's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Racism, Sexual assault, Cancer, and Death

lianne_rooney's review against another edition

challenging informative tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Medical content, and Cancer

Moderate: Sexual assault, Mental illness, Infidelity, Death of parent, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Rape, Incest, Grief, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

allisonmaier's review against another edition

challenging informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Drug use, Terminal illness, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Death, Murder, and Cancer

moniipeters's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Incest, Racism, Violence, Abandonment, Ableism, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Cursing, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Child death