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Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist by Richard Shepherd
47 reviews
lapuce1006's review
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Alcohol, Child abuse, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Blood, Suicide, Self harm, Rape, Police brutality, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Grief, Dementia, Sexual content, Racism, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Alcoholism, and Addiction
nojerama's review
4.5
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Hate crime, Self harm, Alcoholism, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Police brutality, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Abandonment, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Mass/school shootings, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Cursing, Death, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Dementia, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, and Excrement
procrastinatingpages's review against another edition
4.0
My enjoyment of this book, and how informative I found it to be definitely hinges on the fact that I studied criminology and therefore knew a few of the cases discussed and the laws/processes mentioned.
For those who perhaps aren’t as interested in understanding or researching different areas of the justice system and the way the branches work together, this book may not be for them.
Graphic: Medical content, Death, and Child death
bridget_t's review
4.75
Graphic: Blood, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Child abuse, Child death, Medical content, Genocide, and Death
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness
Minor: Self harm
carlytenille's review
4.75
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts
alisonannk's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Medical content, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Death, Hate crime, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Vomit, Alcoholism, Police brutality, and Racism
Minor: Cancer
b3thanamy's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Death, Gore, Child death, and Blood
gaynorcaw's review
5.0
Not for the Squamish
Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Death
_shonahenderson's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Police brutality, Chronic illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Gore, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Violence
heyitsashleigh's review against another edition
4.0
I found this book to be a really interesting insight into lots of things - the workings of the human body for one, and the process of a post-mortem and the work of pathologists. But I also found it interesting in its descriptions of how some of the systematic failures we have experienced (and continue to experience) in society have contributed to the deaths of many people. How lack of training on how to safely restrain people has led to police officers suffocating detainees (including the part race plays in this); how previously held attitudes towards child protection issues have led to the unexplained deaths of babies being largely ignored, meaning parents go on to inflict abuse on future children; and how human error and lack of adequate safety procedures has led to hundreds of people being killed in transport disasters.
Overall I enjoyed this book. I found it a bit too graphic and technical in parts, but I found it really thought provoking on a lot of important topics. Also I love a good murder mystery so that element came into play throughout which was great! 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Child abuse, Hate crime, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, and Chronic illness
Minor: Self harm and Vomit