Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

42 reviews

hanbu's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, and Cultural appropriation

elspethmigliore's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.25

this made me extremely sad and uncomfortable (i hate in-depth medical talk) but it was very informative which i enjoyed. 

i probably wouldn’t reread, but it was still very good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Murder

akswhy's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

3.0

A disquieting book, but not only for the reasons you may think. I would be interested in an author/researcher of color’s take on this fascinating subject, because though Skloot does her best to address how Henrietta’s story—and how it continues into her descendants’ stories—could only have happened to a black woman, she does so with a reserved sense of injustice. I wanted this to be the entry point for a closer examination of medical racism, but that wasn’t within the scope of this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol

mayamcdo's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

likeagilmoregirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Alcohol

Minor: Incest and Rape

muppetymelody's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

hayreading's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

A good and informative book. Not my usual read, but very well written. Points off for slow pacing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

hanlov's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Classism

Moderate: Racism

cj13's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide

lynxpardinus's review

challenging informative reflective

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Antisemitism, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Deadnaming and War