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meant2breading's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Incest and Suicidal thoughts
vanesst's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Cancer, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Classism
Minor: Ableism and Infidelity
elspethmigliore's review
4.25
i probably wouldn’t reread, but it was still very good.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, and Vomit
Minor: Murder
akswhy's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent
Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol
mayamcdo's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma
Moderate: Child death, Death, and Death of parent
shellroch285's review
4.5
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma
aduqu's review against another edition
4.25
The book alternates between recounting the Lacks' family history, the history of HeLa cell research, and the experiences the author had with the Lacks while working on the book.
Overall, a really interesting read that manages to shed light on a lot of complex issues. I think someone who works in science or medicine would probably get more out of it than I did!
Graphic: Death, Incest, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
katiemccreary's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Forced institutionalization
mollylovesbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma
Minor: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Racism
mels_reading_log's review against another edition
5.0
I did like the way the book was written like a podcast, where we went along with the author to do research and meet with the family members. This keeps the information accessible and easier to understand than dense science talk. I believe this information should be required knowledge in this country, so people, especially the non black can know the depths of racism that exist and understand that this was less than 100 years ago.
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Suicide