Reviews tagging 'Murder'

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

16 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

idesofmarch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Blood, Gore, and Death

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

old_man_niemand's review against another edition

emotional informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Gore, and Medical content

Minor: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Genocide, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Miscarriage, and Terminal illness

erinreadsslow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Gore, Blood, and Murder

elvahn's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

Campbell's book is extremely informative, written truthfully and with care, about various angles of death work. The chapters are ordered in a way that allows the reader to ease into the material (as much as one can, given the topic) before exploring the heavier topics (again, given the topic) therein. 

I read this book in part because I want to find ways to help process and eliminate mysteries surrounding death, to some degree, especially after these last few years. This book helped, examining the topic through a scientific lens while also highlighting all of the care work that often goes unnoticed. If you're interested in these kinds of conversations, I highly recommend reading this book. ...just remember to take breaks! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Miscarriage, and Medical content

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cancer, Murder, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Some chapters were more emotionally challenging to read than others, so readers may want to consider planning gentle 'aftercare' rituals for their reading.

annajoyreed93's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Death, Child death, Cancer, Medical content, Murder, and Blood

c410berry's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Murder

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