Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

48 reviews

bootsmom3's review

adventurous dark hopeful informative inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Torture, Ableism, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical content, Classism, Child death, Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Grief

streberkatze's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Gore, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Violence

thinginprogress's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Child death, Classism, Gore, Murder, Death, Medical content, and Body horror

cover2covertx's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Medical trauma, Body horror, Violence, Gore, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Animal death, Child death, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

fatkidatheartreads's review

dark

3.75

3.75 stars 🌟 what a crazy amazing plot!! The middle was a little boring, but that beginning and that ending!!! Also, we have a sequel coming so excuse me as I scream. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, Murder, Medical trauma, and Child death

bookishnatalia's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Misogyny, and Gore

sydn3ycx's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I read for the feminist and gothic aspects, not the romance. I’m also not big on history. However, I do appreciate the amount of research the author did and I find that the story was adorable, at least in the middle of it all. The pace seemed too slow for me and I used quick reading techniques to bulldoze through it after about page 80. The reflections on class are wonderfully written. I did feel that the feminism fell short at the end of the book with a certain life-saving method, and found myself on the villain’s side, despite the protagonist being a genuine hero, regarding a choice that she’d made that concludes the book. I feel that both that and the pacing are what are putting me to 3 stars. I’m interested in the sequel, to see how things go in relation to women’s oppression and medicine within Hazel’s story and further exploration of class issues with a person close to her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Torture

Moderate: Abandonment, Child death, Gore, and Animal death

Minor: Trafficking, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, War, Suicide, and Sexism

itsalina's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Body horror, Medical trauma, and Blood

Moderate: Sexism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Gore, Death, and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy and Toxic friendship

quietlex's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

At first I found this a boring read with a few interesting points/moments thrown in, but by the end of it, I’m feeling a wanting sadness. Jack and Hazel have so much chemistry, a connection that anyone would envy. Their love story is an odd yet simple tale, soiled only by others’ greed. Poor boy falls for rich girl, they are forbidden to be, yet both struggle to find a way.

It really didn’t make sense for Dr. Beecham to give up his vial of formula so easily, especially after Hazel made it clear that she wouldn’t be using it for herself, but on Jack. I know he was hoping to have an immortal partner in crime to help advance medicine, but Hazel showed no signs of giving up on her love for Jack. They also never touched back on the “burning coals” in Bernard’s eyes after he sees Hazel taking care of Jack. I know the police immediately arrest Jack, so you could conclude that Bernard went straight to the cops, but they make it seem like Bernard was on Jacks side until the viscount convinced them otherwise. Otherwise, I really enjoyed watching the two love birds fall for each other and slowly being affectionate. It really encapsulated how it feels to be young and in love for the first time. What a trip to read Jack’s letter to Hazel about his still beating heart, “beating or still,” and to close the book and see the engraved anatomically correct heart on the front, still. My heart!

Easy read, if only boring at times with a sweet streak of romance that keeps you going. Long live Jack! And medicine!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infidelity, Murder, Blood, Torture, Body horror, Violence, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Child death, Death, Gore, Classism, Grief, and Medical trauma

rey_art3mis's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Infertility

Minor: Child death