Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

60 reviews

doodeedoda's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Sexual assault, Ableism, and Bullying

izzyttt's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death

Minor: Murder and Kidnapping

lisacanteven's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

This book is not as beautiful as its cover. It is gritty and grotesque in the best possible ways. It is so atmospheric that I felt like I was walking the dark streets of Edinburgh with Hazel. I could almost feel the grime. The story is slow to start, but the descriptions of the setting really steal the show in the first half. The second half of the book definitely pick up. I couldn't put the book down at that point. The story becomes twisted and surprising. It does take a little bit of suspended disbelief, but the plot is satisfying. The ending is another thing, but there is a second book. I had to pick up the sequel immediately. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Incest

shelvesofivy's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Medical content, Gore, and Sexism

Moderate: Incest, Kidnapping, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Classism, Pregnancy, and Violence

cephalopodbot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Misogyny, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Kidnapping, Body horror, and Torture

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

mina2299's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexism, Misogyny, Murder, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child death

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

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