Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

63 reviews

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

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

eegrasse's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

halsteady's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

memento_vivere's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

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

cricci's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

Rebecca Skloot beautifully weaves the origin of HeLa cells from Henrietta Lacks, the impact on her family, and the lasting legacy HeLa cells have had on science and society. Skloot is able to take the reader right through her research process and bring the human element to a topic usually reserved for objective opinions.

The audiobook narrators do a fantastic job. They truly immerse the listener into the time of the book.

Highly recommend for anyone, particularly science lovers and biography enthusiasts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Domestic abuse, Torture, and Terminal illness

allisonmaier's review against another edition

challenging informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Drug use, Terminal illness, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Death, Murder, and Cancer

saskiahill's review

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

spicewitch's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Incest, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

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

widdlemun's review against another edition

challenging informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

This book is extremely relevant in today's society despite being over 10 years old. Definitely worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child abuse and Violence