Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

126 reviews

hubes's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Grief

afion's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

Minor: Infidelity

myantigone's review

emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, and Mental illness

rakizaka's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Racism, Medical content, and Medical trauma

savaha's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Classism

Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape and Violence

murryloub's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

Everyone should read this book. This should be mandatory education in schools. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Racism, Terminal illness, and Medical trauma

cdoubet's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

cammiem8's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Racism, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Medical trauma

jenmcvay's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Classism

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

nicoleslaw's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Murder