Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell
33 reviews
karinacheah17's review against another edition
4.75
Moderate: Infertility, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Violence
frankieclc's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Medical content, Miscarriage, Blood, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Violence
lilawsahar's review against another edition
3.0
Note: It’s interesting to hear about the healthcare system in Europe. It is so different than Americas. But also similar especially when doctors brush off your needs and ignore your symptoms.
Graphic: Pregnancy, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Infertility, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Grief, and Chronic illness
samarakroeger's review against another edition
5.0
Maggie O'Farrell reminds me why I love memoirs written by writers. now I need to finally read her fiction.
Graphic: Infertility, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Violence, and Gaslighting
slad's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Medical trauma
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexism, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, and Miscarriage
geocul's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Infertility, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy
edgaranjapoe's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical content, Death, Infertility, Child death, Blood, Medical trauma, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Chronic illness
Minor: Abortion, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Violence, Physical abuse, Bullying, Car accident, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Rape, Sexual violence, Ableism, Murder, and Gaslighting
alexhaydon's review against another edition
Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Ableism
Moderate: Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Murder, Blood, and Ableism
emilylikesbread's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, and Medical content
Moderate: Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Ableism, and Infertility
Minor: Murder, Violence, Miscarriage, Rape, and Pedophilia
massivepizzacrust's review against another edition
4.0
I'm not sure I really understand why the chapters were arranged the way they were. By the end of the book I didn't really have a sense that there was an overall arch to the book (past the connection between her childhood death experiences and her daughter's). I thought some of the stories brought more to the table than others - the stories centering on her pregnancies and her childhood were mostly beautiful, but the story with the mysterious man and the dog was confusing and weirdly half-confessional.
Reading about someone else's preoccupation with death was a relief to me. It's something that's been hard for me to deal with sometimes and this was a really different view on it. I don't think I'll be making any unprepared trips to remote countries any time soon though.
Graphic: Medical trauma, Ableism, Blood, Miscarriage, Violence, Bullying, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Infertility
Minor: Rape and Pedophilia