Reviews tagging 'Violence'

All the Living and the Dead: A Personal Investigation Into the Death Trade by Hayley Campbell

9 reviews

idun_aurora's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

An insightful read, is how I would describe the experience. The chapter describing the author's meeting and interview with the bereavement midwife left me teary-eyed.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Child death, Vomit, Suicide, Excrement, Miscarriage, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Terminal illness, Blood, Cancer, War, Car accident, and Violence

asacco9642's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Genocide, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Body horror, Child death, Terminal illness, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Car accident, Chronic illness, Dementia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Suicide, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, War, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

susheela's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Moderate: Murder and Miscarriage

brittbottoms's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Medical content, Death, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Violence, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Suicide, Excrement, and Car accident

kitausu's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Sometimes funny, often sad and difficult, this was such an amazing read. It absolutely is not for the faint of heart, but if you can, I would highly recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Medical trauma, Death, Blood, Cancer, War, Car accident, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Excrement, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Violence

amandat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Grief, Medical trauma, Gore, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide, War, and Violence

Not for everyone, but I found it absolutely fascinating!

popcornreading's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Death, and Violence

smblanc1793's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

I like the way this book balances humor and truth, the graphic reality of death across the spectrum of industries, but also the philosophies that inform and help people cope with each one. The depictions of grief in this book are in some ways more grotesque to me than the descriptions of bodies, more raw and visceral. The author’s voice itself added a lot to the impact; though the book’s essence was informative, the profound effect its research had on her was one of the things that really struck a cord with me—one of the things I will remember most clearly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Violence, Genocide, and Grief

clarabooksit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Child death, Death, Medical content, Cancer, Murder, Grief, and Body horror

Moderate: Suicide, War, Violence, and Pregnancy