Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Becoming by Michelle Obama

19 reviews

daisymoffit's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Wonderful. I love auto biographies of any kind, but this one in particular was extra intriguing because not only was it the story of Michelle Obama's life- it also felt like a peek into the political landscape of the last two decades from an insider's perspective. Genuinely interesting and surprisingly hopeful & inspiring, I left this book feeling motivated to make change and grateful for the people who do. Made me cry multiple times, Michelle did a very good job. Would recommend to any woman.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

annapox's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

zara89's review against another edition

reflective relaxing medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

lizard800's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

Michelle is an excellent narrator. This book made me cry several times. Super well written and very moving.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Classism

cats33's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Classism, and Deportation

alexstartsthings's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Racism, Terminal illness, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer and Police brutality

laurajordensharris's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Classism

merrynthomas's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, and War

kdailyreads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Violence, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Xenophobia and Police brutality

marlee_grace's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Really enjoyed this! Was great to hear about Michelle and Barack's stories before being in the public eye, the struggles they endured and the changes they made :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and War