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

3 reviews

carodonahue's review

challenging dark funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Medical content, Addiction, Physical abuse, Rape, and Child death

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

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