Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth

17 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

teravannoy's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Blood, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, and Abortion

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Sexual assault

This book shares details of childbirth, but the stories of prostitution were more unsettling.

sapphirerose's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Rape, Abortion, Death, Homophobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Violence, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Infertility, Infidelity, Racism, Terminal illness, and Vomit

skk111321's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

I loved reading this as I have been an avid fan of the show “Call The Midwife” for years. The book differ in many ways, but the spirit of Popular and the folks living and working in it as described still rings true. I loved getting more insight into Jennifer Worth’s life through this book.

It was definitely a challenging read at time and had a lot of medical jargon. I appreciated the index at the end for all of the medical terms used!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Medical content

Moderate: Domestic abuse and War

Minor: Racism

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

blewballoon's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I bought this book a couple years ago after I finished watching the latest season of Call the Midwife at the time. It's one of my favorite shows and I wish I had read the books sooner, it's a lot more of a faithful adaptation than I expected. It was nice to revisit the stories I remember from the early seasons but get a more in-depth midwife perspective on them, along with more information about how the characters from the show were presented in the memoir. Honestly, I feel like the show should get a reward for how good of a book adaptation it is. My biggest criticism is that the opinions of the author herself can be a little outdated and touch on racist/sexist or generally problematic. The book also feels incomplete, some things are set up or hinted at and then don't reach a conclusion as if they were setup for sequels, which I didn't expect in a memoir.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical content, and Blood

Moderate: Violence, Racism, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, and War

Minor: Mental illness, Rape, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and War

tamaraepps's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual content, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, and Ableism

Minor: Abortion

teaandthrillers's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma