Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth

5 reviews

barium_squirrel's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Classism, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Violence, Excrement, Drug abuse, Blood, Misogyny, Child death, Child abuse, Classism, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Rape, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Sexism, Medical trauma, Dementia, Addiction, Confinement, Trafficking, and Sexual harassment

addiemccoy's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Infertility, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Child death, Excrement, Rape, Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, Classism, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Death, Drug abuse, and Forced institutionalization

its_van_vulpen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Classism, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Grief, Medical content, Blood, Abandonment, and Abortion

lolatarantula's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Infidelity, Rape, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Grief, Cursing, Excrement, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Abortion, Alcoholism, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Addiction

olivexgreen's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

I’ll admit, I started reading this because I love the BBC series. I think this book does a lot to show what life in Poplar must have been like for the people living there, the medical and financial realities of Jennifer Worth’s patients. 

However, Worth writes from a place of privilege and judgement. Judgements about the nuns, her fellow midwives, her patients are made callously. I would be less put off by them if it weren’t for the fact that she says these things as she writes and not as she’s looking back. 

She makes judgmental comments about her patients’ social status, their dialect, their racial/ethnic backgrounds, their homes, their bodies. She refers to wealthy London as the only civilized place in the world (a comment which is made about 2009).

If you’re looking for the compassion and kindness of the series, skip the memoirs. If you’re looking for information, give it a try.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Misogyny, and Medical content

Moderate: Body shaming, Racism, Sexism, Classism, Infidelity, and Trafficking