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savannahsshelf's review against another edition
4.75
Reread January 2024 4.75-5⭐️
If you’re in science or medicine this is required reading. If you do research on people or human cells and haven’t read this… do that right now!
Every single person reading this review had their life changed by Henrietta Lacks’ cells so you might as well read the book about her and them.
Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Sexual assault, Death, and Murder
eve81's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Racism, and Cancer
sztokfisz's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, and Cancer
Moderate: Incest, Mental illness, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Slavery, Medical content, and Sexual violence
ekern1991's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer and Death
beccaj11's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Terminal illness, Racial slurs, Medical trauma, Racism, Medical content, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Classism, Physical abuse, Violence, and Mental illness
Minor: Suicide and Slavery
lynxpardinus's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Child death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Grief, Incest, Racism, Ableism, Sexual harassment, Cancer, Child abuse, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Slavery, Antisemitism, Confinement, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Suicide, Animal cruelty, and Genocide
Minor: Deadnaming and War
parasolcrafter's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexism, Violence, Classism, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Incest, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Ableism, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Racial slurs, Abortion, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Rape, Slavery, and Terminal illness
doric's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Death, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Incest
marioncromb's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Cancer, Medical content, and Death of parent
Moderate: Classism, Racism, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death
Minor: Child death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Violence, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Slavery, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Addiction, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Mental illness, Incest, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, and Murder
jessicayaun's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Misogyny, Racism, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Body horror, and Classism