Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir by Michele Harper

19 reviews

rbrown's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

I absolutely adored this book! I’m usually a reader of fiction and have this book a try after seeing it as a recommended book at a local bookstore and I am so glad I did. Dr Harper is incredibly insightful and has a gift not only for medicine but to delicately describe life and death and connect to her own everyday experiences and emotions. This book made me take a step and look into my on lived experiences and traumas and the hopes to move forward. I sincerely hope she continues to write! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Medical trauma

Minor: Violence and Xenophobia

vavocado's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Medical trauma

Moderate: Domestic abuse

pisces1_1318's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Dr. Michele Harper memoir was so touching and interesting. Her storytelling is unlike any memoirs I have ever read. I often forgot that this was a true story. We need more Dr. Harper's in medicine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death, Body horror, and Blood

autumnflorence's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Drug use, Death, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I did the audio route and despite narrator not being the doctor herself, I enjoyed learning the more “hard truths” about life as an ER doctor. I also was saddened by the fact that the hospitals still treat their female, bipoc and other marginalized people poorly. This worth a listen if you want something that isn’t Grey’s Anatomy esque. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

Minor: Racism and Blood

sofipitch's review

dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Harper bears witness and gives voice to how societies failure often brings patients to her as an ER doctor. This book was not only surprisingly hopeful but after everything Harper herself has gone through and then seen you really end up hopeful yourself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Police brutality

Moderate: Racism, Physical abuse, Cancer, Gun violence, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Bullying, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Addiction, Abortion, and Alcoholism

jendif's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Child death

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, Abortion, and Suicide

katiejohns's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Medical content, Cancer, and Medical trauma

readbycarina's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Medical content, Rape, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, and Racism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, and Addiction

kld2128's review against another edition

informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma

Moderate: Child abuse and Murder