Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

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

2 reviews

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.

nikkiacat's review

emotional hopeful informative sad slow-paced

4.25

This book manages to make me sad and give me hope for the future at the same time. It really shows me why people study cancer and get so committed to the science of it; cancer is both a devastating, horrifying disease but also an incredibly fascinating subject on the cellular level. I love that the author is a doctor himself and not only shows us the science and men and women in the laboratory but humanizes the topic as well and shows us the people hit hardest by cancer: the victims and their families. It started off a little slow but once you get used to the scientific discussions it gets very interesting. A lot of names of scientists and doctors to try to remember, but worth it. An excellent read.

(The trigger warnings about animals are due to the many descriptions of animal testing.)

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Content Warnings

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