Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

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

14 reviews

stindex's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Child death, Death, Abortion, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Medical content, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

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

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

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

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