Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos by Lucy Knisley

21 reviews

markwillnevercry's review

2.0

This is the second work that I am reading by this author, so some parts of the review might be aimed more on their general style in this book and "Displacement", so be aware.

Lucy Knisley has this style of sometimes just writing stuff without really thinking about the fact, that what she publishes, goes to people. Some people would say, that we live in the time of post-modernism and one should expect the writer to write more for themselves than for the audience, but I would argue that a work should be analyzed outside it's timeframe also. In case everyone wonders, I am talking about the first chapter, where the writer discusses about how before she gave birth, she found it extremely annoying that parents would mention their child's age in weeks rather than months and what a problem it created for her, which honestly tells us everything we need to know about how empathetic Lucy Knisley is to other people. 
Lucy Knisley manages to write and publish a whole book on pregnancy, history of gynecology and societal misconceptions about pregnancy while mentioning not monogamous cis hetero couples once - and even that is just in one sentence. Sure, it is not the writer's responsibility to educate anyone, but with general vibe of the book, one might be mistaken. 
On page 85, we can find a truly beautiful infographic on prices of different fertility treatments, that fails to mention the fact, that some of them are illegal in certain countries (and with the focus on US, in certain states), while other are behind heavily guarded doors. Must be nice to be able to not pay attention to such issues. 
The acknowledgments are cute. 

I am not writing this to tell, that this book is terrible, has nothing good to say and Lucy Knisley is terrible, I am here to just remind people that just because you suffer trauma, it doesn't mean that you get to cast away all of your privileges. Lucy Knisley wrote an auto-biographical work and it shows, just keep in mind that there is more to every issue than a random person can say about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Medical trauma

tabbynationevents's review

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Infertility, and Medical content

popsicleplease's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Grief, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Vomit

miayukino's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

Always delightful to read Knisley’s work. I’ve been a fan since I was probably a bit young to read her work but I’m thankful to my mom for introducing me to her. Met her at a signing once (Dark Tower Comics), she drew me some sushi (so cool). I would’ve appreciated a nod of context to Black women’s influence on midwifery and the context of misogynoir in the creation of gynecology and I’m glad she included a detail about Black maternal mortality rates. All in all, a lovely blend of reproductive history and experience which felt like a reassuring hug after a fruitful venting session. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Vomit, Medical content, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Misogyny, Blood, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Death, and Excrement

theliteraryagenda's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infertility and Miscarriage

Minor: Blood

whitzilla's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

A beautifully created memoir. Occasionally sad, often funny, always informative, this book portrays conception and pregnancy with realism and attention to detail that's often lacking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Infertility

Moderate: Vomit

emmishane's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

A really touching reflection on wanting and trying to have children in a world like ours. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Vomit, and Pregnancy

CW: traumatic birth story, pregnancy loss, and near death experience

mnerd63's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Medical content, and Medical trauma

bi_n_large's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Death, Misogyny, and Death of parent

leonineliterature's review

emotional hopeful informative tense fast-paced

5.0

I loved this depiction of the transition from being a person without to being a person with a child. Touching and also very informative. I learned new facts and could nod along with the information I was already aware of. Always happy to read a graphic memoir! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical content, Vomit, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Miscarriage