Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

89 reviews

arttichokedipp's review against another edition

challenging informative sad slow-paced

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Classism

aubreystrawberry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

lydia_smith's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

Fascinating read about how medical science is deeply personal. Henrietta Lacks' cells made mind-bogglingly massive contributions to science, and there was a very real, very human, family behind all of it. This made me think, and I even learned some molecular biology along the way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

jodean's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Slavery

Minor: Gun violence, Suicide, and Kidnapping

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

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

micklesreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

This book was fascinating and really centered the Lacks family, which I loved. I sometimes felt like the descriptions of Deborah were exploitative; I would like to have seen more nuance there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

eegrasse's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

halsteady's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

memento_vivere's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

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

kirstieanya's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Racism, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment