Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

220 reviews

forgedopulence's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

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

5.0

10/10 for girlies in STEM.
I'm a bit upset about the cliffhanger at the end. Other than that, this book was perfection.

I love to see a strong-willed young woman take what she wants despite societal expectations and limitations. Her sheer determination was inspiring from beginning to end.

Despite literally all odds, she kept her sights set on her purpose and never faltered, even when she was falling in love. Even though the romance was a small part of the story, I think this book still did a phenomenal job of reinforcing that love is not the only thing that can be fulfilling, and just because you love someone doesn't mean you should negate yourself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Animal death

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

theasi's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Misogyny, Body horror, Death, Blood, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Alcohol

teafrog's review

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, and Sexism

corinnaxsophie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

A very unique story (do NOT read if you’re squeamish about blood and medical stuff). I thought the romance was beautifully written, I just wasn’t fully immersed, because I felt like it all happened so fast and we skipped multiple steps of relationship building. The ending is definitely unexpected,

I’m not completely convinced the author needed to bring magic into it all

I loved the main character, I thought she was fierce and intelligent! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Medical content

karen_lo's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

I  usually don't read historical fiction or YA books but I really liked this one. The story kept me entertained and trying to figure out what Hazel was going to do. I loved the chemistry between her and Jack, as well as the mystery. I would've loved if it was longer because I felt the final chapters a bit rushed, and I would've loved to know more about Bernard, Hazel's actions, etc. 

Also, I found some things hard to believe, like the fact that she was a woman and was difficult for her to walk somewhere without a chaperone, but she could run a hospital in her castle? How is it that the mother never found out? 
I think the book's finale is one of those where you have to tie the loose ends on your own, based on the information you have. But I do wish it was larger. Overall I liked it and it entertained me a lot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Blood and Gore

Minor: Sexism

sandwiiche'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? It's complicated

3.5

this was a good book! i enjoyed it, particularly for the main character hazel who is a girlboss and for the historical elements woven throughout the book. however i thought that the romance was mediocre, and that the side characters (jack especially) were not fleshed out properly

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Content Warnings

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

apersonfromflorida'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Sexism and Death

Minor: Incest

gohan's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Nice book but I feel there could have been more to the mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Medical content

Moderate: Pregnancy and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Grief and Child death

dubious_little_creature'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content