Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

10 reviews

kierrareads_'s review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Sexual harassment

This book is set in the 1800s and is pretty explicit about the fact that she is engaged to her cousin, so if you're not in the mood for that I would suggest a different book.

alychee's review

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Trafficking

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Sexual harassment

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

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

ellenigrace's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Grief

redplanetreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.75

I really enjoyed this one! Definitely read the content warnings before starting it, though. This book gets very intense very quickly. Love the crossing of genres and breaking of stereotypes. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Sexual harassment

merle_bookdragon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-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? Yes

3.0

I really wasn't sure what to expect from this book at the beginning but I've heard good things about it. I must admit the start felt a bit slow for me and I was struggling a bit with what I have termed the "trope fest" because this was one of the most young adult YA novels I have read in a while :D 

While it took me a bit to get into it I was really enjoying myself once I did.

I think for me it started after Hazel had her talk with Dr. Beecham, agreed on the wager, and started taking matters into her own hands. This felt like the story was finally progressing a bit more.

I really enjoyed following Hazel's story and development and I loved reading about the medicine! I am not very well verse in historical medicine so really I would not be able to tell if it was accurate but I really liked that the information was given to us through Hazel's eyes. 

I really liked her relationship with Jack and really disliked Bernard (quelle surprise). I am also very destroyed by the fact that for me Bernard is such a Hans character (from Frozen) and so now his face is burned into my brain. It was a very typical "men are better than women and i will indulge you for a while but you really should stop this childish behavior now" kind of situation, which made it really easy to "choose" between the love interests. If there was ever even an actual choice lol.

All in all, I enjoyed this book a lot, it was a relatively easy read, it was the right amounts of romance and mystery to keep me entertained and I'm interested to see where book two will lead!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Pregnancy

coriblake's review

dark mysterious tense 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

4.75

Excellent book, fumbled ending. If you're looking for a romance book, this ain't it. If a dark, ya gothic horror sounds like something you'd like then strap in, you will love this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Medical content, Kidnapping, Blood, Classism, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual harassment

People get kidnapped and forced to undergo surgeries like amputation/organ removal. They are under anesthesia, but it's still pretty upsetting.

fireinherveinzz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad 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

End was disappointing, murderer just getting away after dismembering poor people for organ transplants for the rich

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Body horror, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Medical content

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.