Reviews tagging 'Child death'

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

24 reviews

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

marshmalison's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Body horror and Miscarriage

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

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

surefinewhatever_'s review

challenging dark informative slow-paced

3.0

Okay soo, I initially DNFed this one because I found myself growing bored and feeling bogged down by the more heady-science-y bits, but then about a week later, I found myself wanting to listen to the book again. 😅 SO I finished! I stand by my initial statement that the author reading her own work is fantastic, albeit it does sound a little like one long Ted Talk. Admittedly, this aspect actually worked for me. There are some really challenging anecdotes in here, and of course some light Copaganda sprinkled throughout, but that’s to be expected from a forensic scientists perspective. Overall, I learned about some of the ways our bodies tells the story of our life (and death). And I will never stop thinking about my teeth as the only (constantly) visible part of my skeleton.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Violence, Addiction, Child death, Drug use, Sexual violence, Torture, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Physical abuse

palindromegnome's review

informative slow-paced

4.5

An informative and interesting perspective from forensic anthropologist Sue Black on what skeletal remains can tell us about the life and death of the individual they belong to. Along with scientific explanations of how certain bones can be used to convey details of these stories, the author includes case examples from her career showcasing how knowledge obtained from those bones helped criminal investigations. Excellent book, highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Pregnancy and Miscarriage

emmyrandomreport's review

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Very interesting information on the dark topic of investigating deaths using bones we leave behind. It did what it advertised it would do. I found the subject of bodies and bone intriguing. Black is extremely knowledgeable and speaks it down to a plain level of learning. Be aware of the content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Animal death, and Sexual assault

kaylana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Medical trauma