Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

40 reviews

allisonplus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Pregnancy and Medical trauma

Minor: Child death

doodeedoda's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual assault, Ableism, and Bullying

izzyttt's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death

Minor: Murder and Kidnapping

lisacanteven's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book is not as beautiful as its cover. It is gritty and grotesque in the best possible ways. It is so atmospheric that I felt like I was walking the dark streets of Edinburgh with Hazel. I could almost feel the grime. The story is slow to start, but the descriptions of the setting really steal the show in the first half. The second half of the book definitely pick up. I couldn't put the book down at that point. The story becomes twisted and surprising. It does take a little bit of suspended disbelief, but the plot is satisfying. The ending is another thing, but there is a second book. I had to pick up the sequel immediately. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Medical content

Moderate: Incest

kawthar114's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Gore, Sexism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Misogyny, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief and Sexual assault

Minor: Classism and Abandonment

blakeandbooks's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexism, Terminal illness, Blood, Pregnancy, Body horror, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma

shelvesofivy's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Medical content, Gore, and Sexism

Moderate: Incest, Kidnapping, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Classism, Pregnancy, and Violence

chelle22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Excrement, Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Slavery, Bullying, Confinement, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Medical content, Violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, and Sexism

lisashelves's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Medical content

Moderate: Medical trauma

Minor: Pregnancy

imcourtneymarie's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

An addicting story in a familiar-to-me setting. Love a FMC that is science minded. 

The dialogue/language reads more “I’m from England” than “I’m Scottish” which was somewhat off putting and distracting. You can tell it’s written by an American. Not saying it’s BAD, but if you’re intimately familiar with Edinburgh or Scotland it might be rough. 

That said, it was so delightful, captivating, and could easily be a stand-alone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Murder