Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness by Meghan O'Rourke

10 reviews

happyunicorn7's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death of parent, Cancer, and Suicidal thoughts

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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Death of parent and Eating disorder

courtneyfalling's review

informative medium-paced

3.5

Nothing new here as someone who spends a lot of time researching chronic illness theory, BUT it is a great resource for someone new to all this. If I could give one book to my mom to understand the basics of everything, it would probably be this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

keepsleep's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Cursing

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

lowbrowhighart's review

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, and Ableism

Moderate: Death, Cancer, Gaslighting, and Sexism

Minor: Cursing and Terminal illness

ecn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Cancer, Medical trauma, Medical content, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Chronic illness

arsenic_'s review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Medical content

aiyam's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

starrynox's review

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Chronic illness, and Grief

internationalreads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

This book literally changed my life. Longer review to come.

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Content Warnings

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