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louise_maw's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Addiction, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Blood, Child abuse, Deportation, and Murder
sineadisreadingagain's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Blood, Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Mass/school shootings
nojerama's review against another edition
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
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
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
anniereads221's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racism, Self harm, Torture, Medical content, Murder, Mental illness, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Rape, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence
ymer's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Medical content, Gun violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Child death, and Blood
Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, and Self harm
asourceoffiction's review against another edition
4.5
Some of the bureaucracy becomes so frustrating, and the toll it takes on Shepherd's personal life is awful. But he writes with such brilliant clarity and it's one of those rare non-fictions that reads enough like a novel I couldn't put it down.
Graphic: Death, Child death, Murder, and Rape
Moderate: Drug abuse, Death of parent, Suicide, and Physical abuse
heini's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Violence, Suicide, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Mental illness, Rape, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder
Moderate: Hate crime
Minor: Car accident, Miscarriage, and Vomit
Extremely detailed descriptions of (many) children's death, bodies and murders of children.sheryl_macca's review against another edition
5.0
Dr Richard Shepherd was a/the pathologist in a variety of well known cases; Joy Gardner, Stephen Lawrence, Lady Diana, Dr Harold Shipman, Derrick Bird. He was also a/the pathologist in a variety of major incidents; 9/11, Hungerford, terrorist attacks by Osama Bin Laden.
Dr Richard Shepherd was also instrumental, pivotal even, in the development of life saving policy and procedures regarding London's major incident plans and the safe restraint of people in custody.
Dr Richard Shepherd is also a calming force, a courageous and quiet man with a great sense of responsibility. He'saa man who admits his mistakes. He's a man who lives with PTSD, panic attacks and who isn't afraid to let the reader in.
Unnatural Causes is gripping, emotional, interesting and informative. It is macabre in parts and there are challenging sections but it's thoroughly enjoyable.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, and Racism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, and Hate crime
Minor: Infidelity