Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

29 reviews

lindasreadss's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest

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

laffi's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

I enjoyed the story so much that I wish the book was longer and not as fast paced as it is. While I think the ending might be controversial, I'm happy to say I liked it a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexism, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal death, Excrement, Miscarriage, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death, Kidnapping, and Vomit

whimsykat's review

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Trafficking

Minor: Incest

saragxyz's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Incest

voldycat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Violence, Medical content, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Incest, Body horror, Child death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Classism

ambenicole418's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

4.0

“Anatomy: A Love Story” is exactly what the title says it is. A love story between Hazel, an ambitious 17 y/o girl who is set on being a surgeon during a time where woman aren’t even allowed to study anatomy, and Jack, a 17 y/o boy who digs up dead bodies for a living. I’ll admit that the first half of this book didn’t really grip me because it was all set up, but once the love story and the mystery behind all these disappearances really started taking off I couldn’t put the book down! Now I’m kinda glad I waited so long to read this book because now I don’t have to wait a year for the second book to come out (although I do have to wait some time for my turn to borrow the book from library). Overall, if you’re looking for a good love story/mystery with a little bit of alchemy mixed in and you don’t mind a lot of set up I would highly recommend this book.

P.S. there is moderate incest in this book in that Hazel is betrothed to her first cousin and they share a few kisses throughout the story. Which is pretty customary given their social statuses and the time period this book takes place in, but I figured I should include that in my review just in case someone vehemently hates this kind of thing and can’t read a book that includes it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Death, Medical content, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, and Sexism

Moderate: Kidnapping and Incest

rowans_revenge's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

I absolutely loved the romance part; it was soul wrenching. I do wish it was developed a little more; it felt a little disjointed, and it would have flowed better with more development. The plot is easy to follow, but again I wish it had more development. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Incest, Classism, and Gore

There’s some weird thing about her being engaged to her cousin??? And also she is studying to become a physician in the victorian (i think) era, so there is some corpse dissection, etc.

plantsbookscoffee's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Terminal illness, Sexism, Classism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Incest, Sexual assault, and Grief

kassidypf13's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Incest, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Violence