lydia_smith's review
4.5
Graphic: Cursing and Medical trauma
Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse
jodean's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Ableism, Racism, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Gore, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Blood
Moderate: Physical abuse, Infertility, Cursing, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Infidelity
Minor: Kidnapping, Gun violence, and Suicide
emilymhb's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Child death, Medical content, Physical abuse, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Murder
kk_gotit_goinon's review
5.0
Minor: Classism, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Racism
eegrasse's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Classism, Domestic abuse, Incest, Racism, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Medical content, Physical abuse, Cancer, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide
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
jbro12's review
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Death, Racism, Medical trauma, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, and Child abuse
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
martha_is_reading's review against another edition
Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Death, Medical content, Cancer, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness
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