I've delayed writing a review of The Emperor of All Maladies because the scope of the book is so sweeping I knew that I couldn't do it justice. So I'll just jot a few notes here. I believe all oncologists and cancer surgeons should read this book, to understand their place in the history of discov...
I can only stand cancer in fiction to a very limited degree. Too many childhood memories of my grandmother on my mom’s side and the lung cancer and treatments that eventually killed her. However, nonfiction books about diseases interest me, and I figured that nonfiction might have more distance and ...
Not rating/reviewing because I didn't finish it.A tragic diagnosis for a family member about a month ago has ensured that I won't be coming back to this for a long, long time, but I recommend it for other people nonetheless. Be warned: it's harrowing, and not what I'd call comforting in the slightes...
This “biography of cancer” starts with the first documented cases of cancer, continues through initial attempts at cures, and finishes with descriptions of the most recent discoveries. Intertwined with the historical narrative are the stories of the author’s patients, giving us just a glimpse of wha...
It was OK, but I probably should have listened to the abridged version. I had hoped it would transcend its subject matter, and it does for brief moments. But the author obviously wanted to stick to what he knows, which is oncology. That's an admirable impulse, really, but in this case it didn't make...
think I'm deliberately downplaying this book (a solid 3) in order to counteract the Pulitzer-- Columbia publishes this book, and then Columbia awards itself a Pulitzer for doing so (the Pulitzer is administrated by Columbia). very scientific/ very rationalist-materialist. Mukherjee doesn't go into h...
Why do I love this book? I love the writing style. It is a perfect nonfiction pace, level of detail, and interest-keeper. But mostly I love this book because I was fearing some hyped up description of humanity's war on cancer and all that we have accomplished. Instead, I got the kind of book I cheri...
I found this supremely well written, balanced between the smooth telling of a suspense (who-done-it?) and just enough grounding in science history to keep both strands readable. He kept the human context alive with the patients he followed and he showed humility in the way he never presumed to be mo...
Mukherjee is incredibly well read and like all great science communicators seems to have an endless ability to connect highly technical subjects to cultural, social and historical issues to ground us in the familiar. The Emperor of All Maladies is a pretty epic journey through the history of a disea...
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