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The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black by E.B. Hudspeth

10 reviews

el_wheel's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I enjoyed it a lot and found myself wanting more. I really, really want to know what Black made that made him so, assumedly, scared of it and himself.

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ichor_tears's review

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challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This is not a book for people who cannot handle animal cruelty and or experiments performed on animals and humans a like. The story is interesting and hard to put down, deeply disturbing, and does not have many traditionally "good" characters. I liked it, and the second half of the book was fascinating and read much more easily due to it's scientific nature. Do not go into this book without reading the potential trigger warning.

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johnnytest's review

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dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Dark but fun read, especially for people interested in science. Book itself is pretty and the art is very detailed and horrific.

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halloween_writes's review

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dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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natashaleighton_'s review

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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astareads's review

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dark informative sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Edit. Turns out this was marketed in a very misleading way and is in fact not based on truth, which is kind of a bummer to find out and VERY confusing. Dropped a star thanks to that. The review below was written before I looked into it a bit further.

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I was not expecting this to be a true story when I picked the book up, and finding out it was peaked my interest. The story of Dr. Spencer Black IS interesting, but more than that it's sad. There's clear trauma in his life

that he passes on to his family

, and that makes him more and more delusional through his life, despite his intellect and skill as a surgeon. There is not a lot of details about his life, although his journal entries and letters adds a lot to the overall image, and I think mixing the facts with fiction would've made this a more interesting read (and let me pretend the more upsetting parts were part of the fiction), but I understand why the author wanted to stick to the true story.

The second part of the book, that showed the details of Dr. Black's work, was all the more intriguing after reading about his life. It made me wonder about how he had convinced himself that creatures such as Ganesh, a goat/lion/snake hybrid or a minotaur had once been real, even though he wondered himself how such creatures would've survived.

One thing is for sure, though: dragons ARE real. A doctor said so.

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