Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

6 reviews

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

Good read! Finished it in a day. My one complaint would be that I enjoyed the parts that focused on the surgery or mystery aspects far more than the romance. It was like reading a story with multiple POVs and groaning with frustration whenever I was thrust back into the annoying character's brain. I even noticed myself tuning the narrator out at times when it got too boring and thinking "there's no way I'm going back to listen to all of that again, I'll just keep going" 
I liked the ending, though. I would certainly listen to the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Drug use, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexism, Animal cruelty, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Death, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

Moderate: Incest, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Child death, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

Minor: Mental illness, Infertility, and Vomit

jaynovara's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, Death, Medical trauma, Gore, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, Classism, Child death, Chronic illness, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Confinement, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

mjenae's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

I don't know what to think.
I love the premise. Hazel is delightfully original. She has good moral codes and fired determination and a heart for the dying. I admire her highly. And I do have a hard time resisting the dress-as-a-boy-to-get-away-with-it plot point.
The prose isn't anything to exclaim over—it could even use some help in places. The ending is... not what I expected. I only actually liked a couple characters in the entire book—most of them are entitled and rude and ignorant and I only barely feel bad saying it.
But man alive is the story spectacular.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Pregnancy, Blood, Confinement, and Gore

Moderate: Classism, Cultural appropriation, Kidnapping, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic

electricdryad's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Classism, Death, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, and Terminal illness

Minor: Police brutality, Confinement, and Suicide attempt

remiiirose's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Classism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Sexism, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Confinement