Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

40 reviews

wytherwytch's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

Just brilliant. Dark. Gothic. Romantic. Can't wait for part 2! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Violence, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Grief, Death, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Torture

kawthar114's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Gore, Sexism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Misogyny, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief and Sexual assault

Minor: Classism and Abandonment

blakeandbooks's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexism, Terminal illness, Blood, Pregnancy, Body horror, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma

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

allisonz6's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Grief and Child death

hannahcstocks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, Violence, Body horror, Death, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Classism, Gore, Murder, and Physical abuse

dieh_888's review against another edition

hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

It's hard to call this a "love story" when it takes so long for the relationship to be properly focused on; the focus is really on Hazel struggling to become a surgeon in a society that belittles women even more than the modern day.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Animal death and Grief

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

ottersallthewaydown's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Grief and Body horror

maregred's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Classism, Blood, Death, Medical content, and Misogyny

Moderate: Medical trauma and Murder