Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

4 reviews

priscillarobock's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Body horror, Child death, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Gore, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Sexism

amelianotthepilot's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

a wonderful little love story of castles and cadavers set in 18th century edinburgh 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Gore, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Medical content, Blood, Violence, Trafficking, Physical abuse, and Medical trauma

vicwaltz's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Animal death, Child abuse, Medical content, and Medical trauma

lizgriffinwords's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

3.5 stars rounded up. While there were some elements I enjoyed and there wasn’t anything inherently wrong with this book (except the head-hopping and the ending out of left field), I was left feeling dissatisfied. My favorite aspect of the book was how tangible and sensory the setting of Edinburgh felt.

The pacing was a bit off, not picking up in what felt like the main plot until 45% of the way in. I could have done without Jack’s POV altogether — his chapters were sparse and short, felt like a late-in-the-process insert. Hazel had a good balance of realistic nativity and feminist ambition, but altogether… a book that didn’t live up to its amazing cover.

CW: Medical horror (including eye horror), gore/blood, disease, parental abandonment, grief, pregnancy/childbirth

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Gore, Blood, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Classism, Misogyny, Abandonment, Child death, Death, and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy and Child abuse