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The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness by Meghan O'Rourke
3 reviews
plxtoprojector's review
slow-paced
2.5
Felt like it went on forever. Interesting, but the pacing took away from the content. I was looking forward to reading this, as someone who is chronically ill and was struggling with misdiagnosis and living in that grey area with no explanation, but her experiences were not as relatable to the majority of disabled people as she portrayed them- I resonated with her sickness, but her failure to directly acknowledge the immense amounts of privilege she had when going through this made her narrative feel disconnected.
Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Death of parent and Eating disorder
keepsleep's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
Moderate: Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Cursing
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
internationalreads's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
5.0
This book literally changed my life. Longer review to come.
Graphic: Blood, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Vomit
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