Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

193 reviews

srjennings's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

The audio book narrator was fantastic!  The story was engaging and kept me wanting to know what was going to happen.  The main character was an admiral and strong young woman, but not without her faults or mistakes.  The historical and medical context was dynamic, informative and relatable to things still going on today.  I can't wait to listen to the sequel!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Medical content, and Blood

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

cocoanut7's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

I wanted to enjoy this but it read like my high school written romances. It was contradictory and we were told everything. “And there’s a spark and they’re in love!” The climax goes so wildly rapidly it’s a crazy plot moment. I also couldn’t handle that grave robbing was okay until it was the death of someone they knew and then they buried the body. So hypocritical. It was a bit painful to read tbh. The bad guys

just never faced any sort of consequence which I know can happen but honestly? And Bernard was a walking contradiction. “He’s nice. But also a massive control freak. Until he’s not.”

Also very very gory in medical ways. 

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Content Warnings

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

winglesswarrior's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Death, Blood, Gore, and Kidnapping

lauramonika's review against another edition

3.75

Fun YA read, however if you can’t really handle any gore/blood/medical settings (like me) it might not be the best book to read

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Blood, and Gore

emmy_likes_2_read's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Blood, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Excrement, Gore, and Murder

noblecharley's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This was cute, and I mostly really enjoyed it! But the ending was a bit of a letdown, in addition to the fact that this is apparently part of a series, not standalone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

apgodsen's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

What a great read! I love a book that melds murder, mystery, historic settings, and a little bit of romance. I really enjoyed this book, and I appreciated the fact that the author let Hazel be her own person in the first half of the book then leaning into the romance a bit. Will definitely read the second book. 

Books with similar vibes I would recommend:
- Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalo
- Wrapped by Jennifer Bradbury
- Belladonna by Adalyn Grace 

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Content Warnings

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

ilsota_77's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

Anatomy had me soooo hooked!! it was easy to fall into the world and the rhythm of the plot. I loved Jack quite literally. Him and Hazel just great! It was so genuine and the PLOT TWIST I was NOT expecting that. I mean there were some things I saw coming but others I was like WAIT WHOA WHAT. 

I loved this book so much. Cried when Jack almost didn’t make it 💀🧍🏻‍♀️. 
I’m a sucker for a nice guy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Blood, Murder, and Medical trauma

Minor: Bullying

sarahsupastar's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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