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georgilvsbooks's review against another edition
4.0
I liked this a lot more than the first one. It was a really interesting but sad read.
turningpagesmm's review against another edition
3.0
The prison doctor: Women inside
TW/content warning- domestic violence, assault, violence against children, sexual assault, toxic relationships, self harm, alcohol & drug addiction. Please take care when choosing the right book for you.
I really enjoyed this book after reading The Prison Doctor by Dr Brown, I still love a medical memoir and find myself flying through them. A fascinating read that I flew through despite the length of the chapters. It is truly inspiring to read about the female inmates and their stories, they’re heartbreaking but also hopeful. There are women who just want to do better, who felt they had no other choice than commit a crime and some who just wanted a warm place to sleep and chose prison which is truly devastating.
A bit slower snd harder to get through compared to the 1st one but I still enjoyed it all the same.
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
TW/content warning- domestic violence, assault, violence against children, sexual assault, toxic relationships, self harm, alcohol & drug addiction. Please take care when choosing the right book for you.
I really enjoyed this book after reading The Prison Doctor by Dr Brown, I still love a medical memoir and find myself flying through them. A fascinating read that I flew through despite the length of the chapters. It is truly inspiring to read about the female inmates and their stories, they’re heartbreaking but also hopeful. There are women who just want to do better, who felt they had no other choice than commit a crime and some who just wanted a warm place to sleep and chose prison which is truly devastating.
A bit slower snd harder to get through compared to the 1st one but I still enjoyed it all the same.
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
emmaturningpages's review against another edition
3.0
An enjoyable and enlightening read. Brown does a great job of balancing the bleak, gritty truth of life inside prison with stories of hope from relatable women she meets.
It was well written, although a little loose in structure. It was a little more like a collection of interviews than a chronological overview of Brown’s time as a prison doctor. I think I preferred her first book in that respect as it felt more personal.
If you enjoyed the first book then this is definitely worth a read.
It was well written, although a little loose in structure. It was a little more like a collection of interviews than a chronological overview of Brown’s time as a prison doctor. I think I preferred her first book in that respect as it felt more personal.
If you enjoyed the first book then this is definitely worth a read.
rachelygr's review against another edition
1.0
I hate giving 1 stars but I just really didn't enjoy this book. I felt like the meat of the stories was just sharing inmate stories which I assume names and details were changed and also the quotes aren't real quotes, so then at that point I feel like on some level the author is just profiting on the prisoner's trauma. Very little was shared about her life of really stories that centered her experience in an authentic way. I learned much less than I was hoping to about prisons and medicine. Finished this book just because it was a quick enough read to get through. Maybe the first book was better, I didn't know going into this that it was a sequel.
nw1995's review against another edition
challenging
dark
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hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
status_woe's review against another edition
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4.0
An interesting read, by a compassionate and empathetic author.
I found some of the dialogue unrealistic though - I've not doubt the content is true, but it's fairly obvious paraphrasing and the voices of each inmate aren't wholly convincing, which was the only down side of this book for me.
I appreciated the balanced, if brief, analysis of the dangers of housing male to female transgender people in the female prison estate.
I found some of the dialogue unrealistic though - I've not doubt the content is true, but it's fairly obvious paraphrasing and the voices of each inmate aren't wholly convincing, which was the only down side of this book for me.
I appreciated the balanced, if brief, analysis of the dangers of housing male to female transgender people in the female prison estate.
aotora's review against another edition
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4.0
This one was probably my favourite because it really makes you think. It focuses more on women, how some prisons deal with mothers and how they try to keep them and kids together and not break up families once the mother gets out and it also touches quite a bit on the social issues, like homelessness and how often women get out only to be back in pretty fast because they are homeless and they turn to drugs because they have no where else to go. It's a pretty heavy read, slightly heavier than the other two I think, but having read all three I think that this book repeats a lot of things from the first one.
emily_burchell7's review against another edition
dark
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sad
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2.75