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The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir by Michele Harper

19 reviews

pisces1_1318's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Dr. Michele Harper memoir was so touching and interesting. Her storytelling is unlike any memoirs I have ever read. I often forgot that this was a true story. We need more Dr. Harper's in medicine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death, Body horror, and Blood

d0505's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Gun violence

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Child abuse, Terminal illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I did the audio route and despite narrator not being the doctor herself, I enjoyed learning the more “hard truths” about life as an ER doctor. I also was saddened by the fact that the hospitals still treat their female, bipoc and other marginalized people poorly. This worth a listen if you want something that isn’t Grey’s Anatomy esque. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

Minor: Racism and Blood

sofipitch's review

dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Harper bears witness and gives voice to how societies failure often brings patients to her as an ER doctor. This book was not only surprisingly hopeful but after everything Harper herself has gone through and then seen you really end up hopeful yourself.

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Content Warnings

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

jendif's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Child death

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, Abortion, and Suicide

kaylashauntedlibrary's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Child abuse

readbycarina's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Medical content, Rape, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, and Racism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, and Addiction

blackcatkai's review

informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

CW: death (child & adult), child abuse, ableism, fatphobic & trans-exclusionary vibes (as is common when dealing with the medical/health field as a whole, apparently), sexual assault 

overall i enjoyed reading about Dr Harper & her beginning years in the medical field. mostly the last 1/3rd kind of got under my skin, but that may be a preference thing. a lot of good insight here, though the author is big into forgiveness to grow while I am a firm proponent of you don't owe anyone anything, not even forgiveness. 

you can absolutely grow & flourish without needing to forgive someone who hurt you. but that's just me and that's ok! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Medical content, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Chronic illness, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Racism, Rape, Terminal illness, Violence, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Drug abuse, Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Police brutality, Abortion, Fatphobia, Grief, and Drug use

becksss's review

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Cancer, Child death, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

lorepineiro's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

This is the first book from my adventure with the non-fiction genre: memoirs from an ER doctor who narrates not only her own hardships growing up and well into adulthood, but also those of her patients and shows readers, just like the title says, the beauty in breaking. Many of the cases Harper describes are absolutely heartbreaking, but others are incredibly inspiring, and hearing about what these people have gone through and how they have gathered strength and courage to get better is so encouraging. This book centers around self-love and acceptance and the message really resonated with me as I was reading and it still does now. The use of medical terms was a bit confusing at times, but a quick google search cleared almost all doubts, and medical knowledge is not necessarily needed to understand the book or it’s overall message. Truly, I hope everyone else that reads this book feels as motivated as I have.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Racism

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Sexual assault