A review by nenenest
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

3.0

I would have liked more about the science and how the cells are used. This area of the book felt basic. The parts about Henrietta’s life and her family were interesting but I felt the family’s problems were more due to poverty and racism than actually due to the use of the cells. The afterword about the legalities of tissue use was excellent but seemed divorced from the rest of the book. A worthwhile read but disappointing at the same time as I didn’t feel the book had an aim and it was therefore very disjointed.