Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

104 reviews

sobrad's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Moderate: Child abuse

rita250's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Terminal illness, and Classism

kaceyatwood's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

abookandaspotoftea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Slavery, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

becca_w_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Self harm, Vomit, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Excrement, and Car accident

olivea21db's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Racism, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Incest

gabrielladodway's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

2.75

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Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, and Death of parent

mandi4886's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

sienas_books's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Racism, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Addiction

janice_sumka's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault