Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

60 reviews

aubreystrawberry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

jodean's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Slavery

Minor: Gun violence, Suicide, and Kidnapping

myworldtoread's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Grief, and Death of parent

micklesreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

This book was fascinating and really centered the Lacks family, which I loved. I sometimes felt like the descriptions of Deborah were exploitative; I would like to have seen more nuance there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

eegrasse's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Classism

halsteady's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

memento_vivere's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Slavery, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, and Alcohol

lianne_rooney's review against another edition

challenging informative tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Racism, and Medical content

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Death of parent

moniipeters's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

bootrat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism