being sick and extremely fatigued for nearly a week has really given me a lot of time to read

i thought this was super interesting. i like how much humanity was in this book, not just dry medical writing (also, on the medical writing parts, it was described well enough for me to follow easily. which i definitely appreciate, my main knowledge of cells comes from my high school biology class so i was a tad worried that what this book discussed would be out of my depth, but i was proven wrong :) ).

the writing was a bit confusing in some places (i had to backtrack and reread a page over and over to realize that yes, Henrietta and Day married each other and were first cousins. it was glossed over so quickly that i just wasn’t sure and didn’t want to be confused for the rest of the book).

generally though, very approachable book about a piece of medical history :) would recommend it immensely.