Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

5 reviews

nicolesbookreviews's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Police brutality, Confinement, Torture, Physical abuse, Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Classism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Ableism, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Grief, and Gun violence

madmadmaddymad's review against another edition

challenging inspiring sad slow-paced

5.0

I both loved and hated this book

I don’t think I ever had an opinion about the Death Penalty. My opinion now is that it is incredibly important to abolish. Our justice system is broken and shows favor to the wealthy and guilty over the poor and innocent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Domestic abuse, and Confinement

foreverinastory's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative

5.0

This book makes me look at how far the USA has come and think it's not nearly enough.

CWs: wrongful imprisonment, discussions of capital punishment/death penalty, death by electric chair and lethal injection described on page, ableism, addiction, alcohol consumption/alcoholism, child abuse, child death, cursing, confinement (to cell and solitary), death, dementia, domestic abuse, drug use/abuse, emotional abuse, grief, gun violence, medical content, medical trauma, mental illness, miscarriage, murder, physical abuse, police brutality, racial slurs, racism, rape (of children/teenagers in adult prisons), pregnancy, self harm, schizophrenia/psychosis, sexual assault, sexual violence, suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, torture, violence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Pregnancy, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Vomit, Excrement, Homophobia, Dementia, and Infidelity

Minor: Islamophobia, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

imprisonment, wrongful imprisonment, capital punishment

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Gun violence, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Dementia, Death, Confinement, Child death, Child abuse, and Addiction