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Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them by Jennifer Wright
2 reviews
greenbean_1's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
The prose is witty and passionate. The book is best when discussing the kindness, compassion, and community that occured during certain plagues as well as their subsequent "heros". Unfortunalty the book almost exclusivly disscussed the western world and ventures very very briefly into Asia and Africa (if only to discuss global stats and effects).
Moderate: Ableism and Misogyny
Minor: Racism
R slur and F slur said once each.katie0528's review
dark
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
4.5
Wright is at her best in a longer form. Each chapter documents various plagues throughout history and parallels them to modern society with dry wit, critique of their methods, yet also empathy for people doing the best they can with limited technology or knowledge while offering scathing rebukes for those who antagonize the situation. Though the book released before the COVID-19 pandemic, it is highly poignant and clarvoyant for what came in 2020.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Medical content
Moderate: Excrement, Misogyny, Classism, Colonisation, Addiction, and Blood
Minor: Antisemitism, Suicide, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Racism, and War
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