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samarakroeger's review against another edition
3.0
Dr. Harper tries to interweave her traumatic upbringing with vignettes about her ER patients but spends too much time lecturing on the beauty of yoga and not enough on meaningful self-reflection. I thought she was leaning too heavily on the inevitable emotions of the ER (like dead babies) to carry the heft of the memoir. It didn’t really work.
There’s still plenty of interesting material to engage in, though, so I’m not mad about finally reading it.
Graphic: Physical abuse, Cancer, Rape, Medical trauma, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Death, Gun violence, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Terminal illness
autumnflorence's review
4.0
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Drug use, Death, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse
sofipitch's review
4.5
Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Police brutality
Moderate: Racism, Physical abuse, Cancer, Gun violence, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Bullying, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Addiction, Abortion, and Alcoholism
avialia's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Child death, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse
sarahlizbooks's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Medical content
Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Addiction, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault
poppyseedromance's review
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts
maya_reads_books's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Child death
Minor: Abortion, Rape, and Sexual assault
drbrizzlybear's review
4.75
Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Cancer, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexual assault
claudiamacpherson's review
2.5
Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Violence
jourdanicus's review
5.0
*And yes, there are a lot of potential triggers discussed in this book but Dr. Harper handles each topic with such sensitivity and grace that, while this may be a challenging read for some, it is not carelessly or blatantly triggering. I hope the content warnings don't drive away any potential readers.
Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism
Minor: Blood, Abortion, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Rape