moniipeters's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Incest, Racism, Violence, Abandonment, Ableism, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Cursing, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Child death
1_and_owenly's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Medical content, Racism, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Incest, Cancer, Child abuse, Classism, Murder, and Violence
maybephasing's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Cancer and Medical content
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Alcoholism
Minor: Addiction, Child death, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, and Domestic abuse
saskiahill's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Death of parent, and Cancer
Moderate: Addiction, Slavery, Racism, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Gaslighting
Minor: Suicide and Incest
zams's review against another edition
5.0
The telling of the stories as well as the presentation of the researched data was incredible. As somebody who only learned English as a 2nd language I was a little nervous about the presence of authentic language, but it made the whole bok just a lot more real and therefor enjoyable.
An absolutely outstanding work by everybody that contributed. This is not just a book about science but also one that transfers heavy emotins right through the pages.
Deutsch: Definitiv eines der besten Bücher die ich bisher gelesen habe.
Das Erzähle der Geschichten genauso wie die Präsentation der gesammelten Daten sind unvergleichlich.
Ich hatte zuerst etwas Respekt vor der Tatsache dass authentische Sprache in dem Buch verwendet wird, allerdings war das Verständnis absolut kein Problem, und gab der Geschichte das gewisse etwas, dass sie so persönlich macht. Ich weiß nicht wie diese Parts in der deutschen Übersetzung wirken.
Definitv eine herausragende Arbeit von allen, die daran mitgewirkt haben.
Nicht nur ein Buch über Wissenschaft, sondern auch eines dass es schafft, heftige Emotionen durch die Seiten zum Leser zu transportieren.
Graphic: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Blood, Body horror, Death, Cancer, Grief, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Ableism, and Chronic illness
Minor: Addiction
kirstenpod_'s review
5.0
Graphic: Medical content, Racism, Death, Cancer, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Child abuse
Minor: Incest, Physical abuse, Slavery, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Murder
graceburke's review against another edition
5.0
The story of Henrietta and her family is complex, Deborah would be one of the first people to admit such. It's hard and harrowing. The duality of distrust for the abuse their family endured and the recognition that it was Lacks' cells that allowed for the saving of millions of lives and counting globally is not lost on them.
I gasped, cried, and laughed. Deborah and Skloot's relationship is something I will be thinking about for a long time. I'm so grateful the Lacks' story has finally been shared.
Graphic: Death of parent, Racism, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Classism, Death, and Cancer
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Ableism, Terminal illness, and Miscarriage
briaraq's review
4.0
Graphic: Cancer, Medical trauma, and Medical content
Moderate: Blood, Mental illness, Racism, Pregnancy, and Death
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infertility, Addiction, Sexual assault, Incest, and Alcohol
cdoubet's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Blood, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Incest, Murder, Slavery, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Medical content, Child death, Mental illness, Cancer, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, and Alcohol
franklola's review
4.25
Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Mental illness, and Racism
Moderate: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Death, Chronic illness, Grief, Incest, Physical abuse, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse