Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

125 reviews

1_and_owenly's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Medical content, Racism, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Incest, Cancer, Child abuse, Classism, Murder, and Violence

jbro12's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Death, Racism, Medical trauma, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, and Child abuse

maybephasing's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Medical content

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, and Domestic abuse

saskiahill's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Fascinating and moving

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Death of parent, and Cancer

Moderate: Addiction, Slavery, Racism, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

Minor: Suicide and Incest

rishel's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Moderate: Racism

cheyrohm's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Cancer

Moderate: Racism and Violence

kirstenpod_'s review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Racism, Death, Cancer, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Child abuse

Minor: Incest, Physical abuse, Slavery, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Murder

franmoldaschl's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Terminal illness, Child death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Racism

thebrainglitter's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Terminal illness, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Medical content, Pedophilia, Chronic illness, Grief, Incest, Racism, and Medical trauma

rhiwind93's review against another edition

emotional informative slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Incest, Medical content, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Racism, and Terminal illness