Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green

109 reviews

lucywestenra's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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I’m impressed with how accessible this book was because this topic is daunting. I loved it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, War

donteatmercury's review against another edition

5.0

hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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The drawing together of the personal and global was masterful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic

jenpinbowling's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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just going to recommend this to everyone that knows me now

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic

denc's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Grief, Abandonment, Colonisation

Minor: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma

perikatheryn's review against another edition

4.75

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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Sometimes when you read nonfiction, it can feel like sitting in an endless Middle School history class. But John Green has used his gifts of condensing complex information to make the topic of Tuberculosis into something easily digestible and thoughtful. I loved the humanizing aspects of this book that bring the raw data of this disease to life. The following of Henry and his mother remind us that at the center of every disease or ailment are people with rich personal lives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness

Moderate: Racism, Slavery, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Mental illness, Blood, Vomit

marineotter's review against another edition

5.0

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Medical content

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Racism, Grief, Colonisation, Classism

blastoise's review against another edition

4.0

emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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Informative and very human journey through the history of tuberculosis and the people who have lived and died through this awful disease. 
A tad repetitive but a great book. 

Fuck pharmaceutical corps into the fucking sun.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Colonisation, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Ableism, Child death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

millionsofmax's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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WE MUST ALSO BE THE CURE!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer

doggonebookaddict's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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Beautifully written (as always) and extremely fascinating. I’m glad that John is using his platform for something that still affects so many people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness

Moderate: Racism, Medical content, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic

joanna_banana's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

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Absolutely wept while reading The Fault in Our Stars and this one while non-fiction may get you going too! Heart felt and thoroughly researched, I appreciated John Green using his “megaphone” to give voice to stories that go untold, overlooked, disregarded. The fact that TB still kills over a million people a year when we have drugs that can cure it is criminal. Green lays out why, a lot of which is history, but most of which is the legacy of colonialism, late-stage capitalism, and racism. I liked how he wove Henry’s story in Sierra Leone throughout the chapters on the history, science, economics, and politics of TB. He rightfully made it all a question of justice. I didn’t hire follow how he organized the chapters - loosely chronological - but he repeated himself in places, coming back to the same statements and ideas. So it could have been a little tighter. I also feel like he could have told a few other stories more in depth in other countries to show it’s not just Sierra Leone, it’s elsewhere too. I can understand why he kept it shorter to reach more audiences. Would highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Abandonment, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, War