A review by elspethmigliore
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

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