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Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist by Richard Shepherd
56 reviews
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
nila's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Medical content, Death, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Self harm, Police brutality, and Sexual violence
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
eliel's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Mental illness, Self harm, and Violence
Moderate: Death
Minor: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Alcohol
crystalmethany's review
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Medical content
allara_emily's review
4.75
Graphic: Child death, Gore, and Death
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Suicide, and Terminal illness
lucypratt7's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Death, Violence, Car accident, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Child death, and Child abuse
Moderate: Death of parent and Police brutality
Minor: Self harm