Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

138 reviews

dlajoie's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Medical trauma

sztokfisz's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Incest, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

beccaj11's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, and Classism

Minor: Slavery and Suicide

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Antisemitism, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Deadnaming and War

emilyjmasters's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

3.5

I don't think Skloot achieved what she set out to do in this book; if the entire plan had been the Lacks family with some history thrown it I think it would have been better accomplished

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

Moderate: Racism

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

this book....i really dont know what i can say about it. i learned SO MUCH about something i had never even head of before picking it up, and it was both fascinating and heartbreaking to read about all of it. i wish all the best for hentrietta lacks family and hope that her and those of her family who have passed are resting easily <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bearikatherika's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Drug abuse, Incest, and Infidelity

pambo's review against another edition

emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical trauma

passionatereader78's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

What an emotional read! Thank Rebecca for this needed book. I can't say I enjoyed it, however I'm Glad I read it. It's shed new light on medical forms and what I sign at doctor offices. This was a heartbreaking story of injustice.  It's well written and everything is explained well. I'm not in the medical or science fields but I understood everything in this book. I will never forget about Henrietta Lacks. Henrietta died from cancer and the doctor used her cells to create new treatments. He even went as far as getting cells from her children. The medical world used her cells for years without her family knowing. This book tells us about Henrietta's life and death. Also what her family went through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

marioncromb's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

Easy to read, very informative. Empathetic and meticulously researched. Tells the story of Lacks' family alternating with the story of her cells. Maybe a little long with unneccessary detail. Quite US centric - would have been nice to know about laws surrounding tissues etc worldwide for comparison.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Racism, Grief, Medical trauma, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment