Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

68 reviews

marioncromb's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

Easy to read, very informative. Empathetic and meticulously researched. Tells the story of Lacks' family alternating with the story of her cells. Maybe a little long with unneccessary detail. Quite US centric - would have been nice to know about laws surrounding tissues etc worldwide for comparison.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Racism, Grief, Medical trauma, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

jessicayaun's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

msoul13's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Sexism

aubreystrawberry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

jodean's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Slavery

Minor: Gun violence, Suicide, and Kidnapping

kk_gotit_goinon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

5.0

This book is a must read for anyone who wants to go into science or medicine. The wrongs can't be undone but by bringing it to light we can create better scientists, doctors, and people in general. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Classism

kermitcaroline's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

I was not expecting this book to be so great. Very informative about the life of Henrietta and her children. This is a must read for anyone in STEM research 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Racism, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

eegrasse's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Classism

halsteady's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

memento_vivere's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Slavery, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, and Alcohol