Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink

6 reviews

tjdewald's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.75

The story is good but the story is not one of the author’s. She is simply retelling what happened. It’s a fascinating story of ethics and disaster but it is so slow. I felt the ending in the epilogue could have been better. It didn’t feel “done”. I’m glad I read the book, learned about medical procedures in relation to disasters, and was able to ponder the ethical battle of medical assisted euthanasia. I would recommend this book to people who are genuinely interested in ethics, disaster research/response, and tough medical dilemmas. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Ableism, Blood, Death, Classism, Animal cruelty, Murder, Violence, Terminal illness, Dementia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal death, Excrement, Fatphobia, Medical content, Cancer, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Body horror, Drug use, Police brutality, Abandonment, and Body shaming

tiredenglishteacher's review

dark emotional tense

3.75

Important book. Provides context for the disaster, and many different perspectives on what happened. Informative about an atrocity. Unbelievable that many of the main players are still practicing. Major con: this book is regularly fatphobic for no real reason. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

Moderate: Fatphobia

quiet_reader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death of parent, Blood, Violence, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Animal cruelty, Terminal illness, Medical content, Vomit, Fatphobia, Grief, Abandonment, Animal death, Excrement, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, and Police brutality

kelpreads's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Ableism, and Racism

beckbrl's review against another edition

informative sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

amyalicejakob's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

Really enjoyed this. I loved the way that the author managed to convey the intricacies of what was happening in the hospital as well as what was happening culturally and what the world was saying and thinking about everything. It read as a thriller, and I couldn't put it down! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Ableism, Fatphobia, Terminal illness, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail