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loribree83's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Cancer
cj13's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Child death, Cancer, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism
Minor: Suicide
scrubsandbooks's review against another edition
4.5
This story is part history text, science text, and biographical story, that keeps the reader engaged. It's heartbreaking to read what the family went through in their lifetime, but the developing friendship between Deborah and Rebecca was inspiring and heartfelt to read.
Graphic: Racism, Medical content, Cancer, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Sexual assault and Child abuse
oceanwriter's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Cancer, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Sexual assault, Racism, and Child abuse
Minor: Incest
tieflingmom's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Hate crime, Cancer, Incest, Racism, Sexual assault, Medical content, Death, Sexism, and Terminal illness
savannahsshelf's review against another edition
4.75
Reread January 2024 4.75-5⭐️
If you’re in science or medicine this is required reading. If you do research on people or human cells and haven’t read this… do that right now!
Every single person reading this review had their life changed by Henrietta Lacks’ cells so you might as well read the book about her and them.
Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Sexual assault, Death, and Murder
eve81's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Racism, and Cancer
sztokfisz's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, and Cancer
Moderate: Incest, Mental illness, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Slavery, Medical content, and Sexual violence
ekern1991's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer and Death
lynxpardinus's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Child death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Grief, Incest, Racism, Ableism, Sexual harassment, Cancer, Child abuse, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Slavery, Antisemitism, Confinement, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Suicide, Animal cruelty, and Genocide
Minor: Deadnaming and War