Comments on: The Nurses, Alexandra Robbins

By: Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness)

Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness) — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 23:06:00 +0000

Man, this is a bummer. I was excited about this book because I love books about jobs I don’t have. But you followed four nurses and not one of them was a woman of color? That’s not cool.

By: IfyoucanreadthisBina

IfyoucanreadthisBina — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 21:56:00 +0000

Gah! Thank you Jenny for reading and reading this book so I don’t have to! 🙂 And no thank you racist author and editors, I won’t excuse your role in oppression. Kinda glad I read more poc and especially woc nonfiction these days.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 00:03:00 +0000

Ugh!
But Hamilton, yay, so exciting! I’m seeing it but not ’til late August – so much anticipation!

By: SHANAYA TALES

SHANAYA TALES — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 20:17:00 +0000

Okay – that was so wrong – on so many levels! I would be as annoyed. But I wonder why or how this was overlooked by the editors.

By: Christy

Christy — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 01:33:00 +0000

In reply to Jenny @ Reading the End. Looking at other reviews, I'm not the only one who missed it though it seems really stark now. I did find a Goodreads reviewer who also called BS on the rape denial accusation part. 2 star review by Menolly. A few other reviews call out the author in general terms for uncritically taking the side of the nurses whose stories we are following - another reviewer notes that all the nurse who are followed are white.

By: Katie @ Doing Dewey

Katie @ Doing Dewey — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 22:29:00 +0000

Wow. The framing of all of those stories is incredibly offensive. I can’t believe this got by the editors either. It’s too bad, because I’m also someone who enjoys learning about other professions. I think I’ll be passing on this one though!

By: IndieSister

IndieSister — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 20:18:00 +0000

EW.

By: Athira

Athira — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 20:16:00 +0000

It would annoy me so much to read a book like this! I’m conflicted between wanting to read this book so I can rant a bit and not reading it because obviously there are serious issues here. I think I will lean in the direction of not reading it. I remember reading something disagreeable about this author’s previous book as well but I can’t remember what it is and I don’t see it on my TBR either.

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 18:15:00 +0000

In reply to Stefanie@SoManyBooks. Right?? All I could think is that there is a REASON they put protocols in place for people who report rape, and that reason is that people who aren't trained to deal with it are very very BAD at dealing with it. Like this nurse. Ugh.

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 18:14:00 +0000

In reply to Jeanne. JEANNE IT WAS SO GREAT. The only part that was understudied was Hercules Mulligan, which meant I got to see all the people doing all the songs, and they were amazing and I cried. Chris Jackson was particularly great. Except, no, everyone was particularly great. What an awesome show.