Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Lab Girl - A Jornada de uma cientista entre plantas e paixões by Hope Jahren

23 reviews

massivepizzacrust's review against another edition

informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.0

This has been on my radar since it came out and I guess somewhere along the way I misremembered what it was about. I expected more science less memoir but as a woman in STEM I do really appreciate the discussions of the expectations and judgement placed on the author. But she does come off as a little bit of an asshole...? I can appreciate the 100% dedication to her work that she describes but I don't think it's fair to portray that kind of obsession as normal or desirable. We have a huge mental health crisis in academia partly because we tell students that if they can't put in this kind of work they don't deserve to be there. And I'm not sure that this work isn't encouraging that attitude. I came out of this book feeling very conflicted and not knowing as much about plants as I thought I would. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Car accident

nata_c's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Sexism

lanid's review against another edition

informative reflective

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness