Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Written In Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind by Sue Black

25 reviews

majormnkey's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence, Suicide, Rape, Gore, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, and Murder

Minor: Drug use, Torture, and Drug abuse

acrosstheskyinstars's review

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.5

This was an excellent non-fiction book written by a forensic Anthropologist working in Scotland. I will say that a regular audience picking this book up might find it a bit boring and morbid. But if you are someone that finds medical content fascinating and enjoys anatomy, this is definitely the book for you. I have a background in Anthropology (including some forensic Anthropology), so I was able to connect with a lot of what the author discussed. If you have that background, I highly recommend this book. It was absolutely amazing to hear the very important work that forensic Anthropologists are able to do. With only fragments of bone, they can often determine how someone died and give a body back its identity. They are even able to do this in cold case from decades past. Truly remarkable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Car accident, Child abuse, Medical content, Self harm, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Suicide, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Pedophilia, and Pregnancy

bookedandbusy's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

5.0

I found this to be very informative and I learned a lot! I enjoyed learning more about forensics and I’ll be reading All That Remains soon!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Blood, Physical abuse, and Torture

hannahkiwi's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pedophilia, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Child death, Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Torture, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Drug use, Death, Suicide, Murder, Pregnancy, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

The book is graphic in describing violent and tragic death, but it is described compassionately and scientifically.

carolinamcorreia's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Rape, Blood, Gore, Torture, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

siobhanward's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

 This was a really cool read. I loved the mix of historical stories, science and personal encounters that Black included. I thought that it was just in-depth enough to be interesting, but not so in-depth that I felt lost. There are definitely some parts that are harder to stomach than others, so be warned.

Overall, this was a fun and interesting read for anyone interested in forensic anthropology, human anatomy or who watched too many episodes of Bones in the early 2000s. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Child abuse

radfordmanor's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Violence, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Child death, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

pun1sher's review against another edition

funny informative reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Death, Child abuse, and Blood

All the content warnings (except for rape) are meant for the corpse and case descriptions

catamongstthepages's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Murder, Rape, and Death

The book describes multiple violent deaths in the context of forensic examination. Regarding child sexual abuse:

the author recounts her own rape at nine years old in chapter 8. To skip this, when she mentions her own Harris lines at age nine, skip to the next section break.

raslowrie's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Child death, and Sexual assault