Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

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

11 reviews

readingrainbowroad's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

Great book as always. Loved hearing some classic tales from my microbio and genetics classes and learning a few more!
Also some amazing and scathing deep dives into the history of surgical treatments of cancer and the tobacco industry.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Medical content

lochlyn's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Medical content

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

gkgkgk's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Cancer

Moderate: Grief and Vomit

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

bookreadingelf's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Sexism

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

clarathromycin's review

hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Terminal illness

Moderate: Sexism and Injury/Injury detail

clarabooksit's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Cancer, and Death