Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

20 reviews

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

alisonvh's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative 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? Yes

4.5

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this audiobook. I loved the characters, the setting, the story, everything about it! And the narrator does a fantastic job.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death, Murder, Abandonment, Terminal illness, Sexism, Classism, Violence, Torture, and Trafficking

Minor: Child death

amelianotthepilot's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

a wonderful little love story of castles and cadavers set in 18th century edinburgh 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Gore, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Medical content, Blood, Violence, Trafficking, Physical abuse, and Medical trauma

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

belleden's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Trafficking, Body horror, Medical content, Gore, Blood, and Pregnancy

meliroo's review against another edition

dark mysterious

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Trafficking, Medical content, Death, Kidnapping, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Torture

laura_keoski's review

adventurous dark informative mysterious medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Trafficking

Minor: Animal death

cammiem8's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious medium-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

3.75

My favorite historical era to read about, so I think I went in with expectations that were too high. Still an enjoyable read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Medical content, Medical trauma, Classism, and Murder

Moderate: Trafficking, Incest, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

A character is engaged to her cousin, period accurate.

frantically's review

adventurous challenging dark tense 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? Yes

3.5

As a fan of both women's and medical history, I was so excited to read this book!

Hazel was really a character you could feel for and with — she's got her goals and she's trying so hard to get to them but the world around always makes that harder. She gets frustrated, she makes stupid decisions but it's all really understandable.

I wasn't really feeling the romance — I liked the characters individually but I didn't see enough chemistry between them. I don't like how their story ended, which is one of my few complaints. I was happy enough, though, to ignore the romantic aspects, as long as I got my history 😉

The ending was a bit rushed imo, there were just too many conclusions in to little time, which is why this isn't a clean 4 stars.

P.S.: The audiobook was amazing, so if you can, please listen to it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Classism, Kidnapping, Child death, Medical content, and Death

Moderate: Murder, Trafficking, and Blood

Minor: Pregnancy and Abandonment

maxinesf's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Classism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Body horror, Misogyny, Trafficking, Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma