Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

4 reviews

rhubarbpi3's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

This was such a good book! So informative, tho I felt it dragged a tad in the final quarter and I wish it had focused a bit more on the historical part because I found that fascinating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Child death, Gore, Death, Drug use, and Terminal illness

standardissuecat's review

informative inspiring slow-paced

3.0

Quite slow and it's easy to get caught up in the details. I loved the personal stories, but the biological detail a little less. It would be great for anyone who has a relative with cancer in order to learn about the disease. I also enjoyed the historical lens on this biological topic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Cancer, Medical content, Death, and Chronic illness

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Cancer, Terminal illness, Death, Medical content, Child death, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Drug use, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Addiction

Minor: Sexism, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Homophobia, Death of parent, Excrement, Racism, Suicide attempt, Infertility, Abortion, and Classism

Eugenics mentioned in passing.

melv32's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, Cancer, and Terminal illness