The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Pros
- It was surprisingly a page turner. I read it after I'd been burned out on reading after grad school, and it was nice to read something that was not a slog.
- Some of my favorite non-fiction books: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
- *The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks* is another one that teaches you a lot while also being very human and unsettling in the right way.
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks! Fantastic writing, thought-provoking story, and reads like a novel at times (in a good way)
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Sentiment
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Trust + time weighted score: +100% · raw score 100%
What redditors said (10 of 12)
It was surprisingly a page turner. I read it after I'd been burned out on reading after grad school, and it was nice to read something that was not a slog.
Some of my favorite non-fiction books: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
*The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks* is another one that teaches you a lot while also being very human and unsettling in the right way.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks! Fantastic writing, thought-provoking story, and reads like a novel at times (in a good way)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot is a nonfiction book about an African-American woman whose cells were taken and studied without her knowledge or consent
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Reads almost like a novel. I was fascinated by the importance of this woman and the contributions she unknowingly gave to the medical world.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Not a big nonfiction reader, but I found The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks FASCINATING
It gets recommended on here a lot but for good reason: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks has an amazing story arc, it blends science and history and family narrative. I read it like 10 years ago now and still think about it.
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