Reviews tagging 'Death'

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

32 reviews

sophiemartin's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Body horror, Car accident, Medical content, Suicide, Torture, Terminal illness, Genocide, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Blood, Physical abuse, Rape, Gun violence, Death of parent, Grief, Death, Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Violence

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

megstickz's review against another edition

challenging dark informative lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I actually cried at the end (and many times throughout although this was due to cases being sad or otherwise distressing)! What an amazing book. Literal love Lucinda, was so happy she got her own section I. The acknowledgment ha! Also I’ll never recover from the phrase “foot soup”. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Torture, and Trafficking

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

sunnybugz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Death, and Grief

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