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What Lies Buried: A forensic psychologist's true stories of madness, the bad and the misunderstood by Kerry Daynes
2 reviews
lozababe's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
slow-paced
4.0
I absolutely loved Kerry Daynes’s first book, so when I was given the chance by NetGalley to read and review this book I knew that I was in for a treat.
Kerry Daynes gives us an insight into the world of forensic psychology and the different settings that she has worked in, from hospitals to her own private practice to a mother-and-baby unit. Her job is so varied and she talks about a wide range of characters that she has met throughout her career.
Kerry Daynes doesn’t pretend to be a robot and is the first to admit that sometimes her prejudice or feelings do appear during sessions with some of her patients. She says the most important thing is to realise this and to try to put them to one side at that moment in time. I have always been interested in psychology and it is the career I want to go into in the near future, and this book has ignited that passion even further but also put some of my doubts to bed.
I really did enjoy this book, and while I know that statistics and studies are important to back up facts in the book, I did feel that at some points the references and statistics were a bit too heavy, especially if you are not someone who likes to go away and read up on them afterwards. While they didn’t bother me too much, I did sometimes find I was skimming over them a little, so I wonder what people who don’t have any experience of psychology would think of these parts.
Overall, I really did enjoy the book and I enjoyed reading about the patients that Kerry Daynes included and felt satisfied when we found out what happened to them afterwards.
Kerry Daynes gives us an insight into the world of forensic psychology and the different settings that she has worked in, from hospitals to her own private practice to a mother-and-baby unit. Her job is so varied and she talks about a wide range of characters that she has met throughout her career.
Kerry Daynes doesn’t pretend to be a robot and is the first to admit that sometimes her prejudice or feelings do appear during sessions with some of her patients. She says the most important thing is to realise this and to try to put them to one side at that moment in time. I have always been interested in psychology and it is the career I want to go into in the near future, and this book has ignited that passion even further but also put some of my doubts to bed.
I really did enjoy this book, and while I know that statistics and studies are important to back up facts in the book, I did feel that at some points the references and statistics were a bit too heavy, especially if you are not someone who likes to go away and read up on them afterwards. While they didn’t bother me too much, I did sometimes find I was skimming over them a little, so I wonder what people who don’t have any experience of psychology would think of these parts.
Overall, I really did enjoy the book and I enjoyed reading about the patients that Kerry Daynes included and felt satisfied when we found out what happened to them afterwards.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Racism, Rape, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Infertility, Murder, Racial slurs, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
k83's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
medium-paced
3.75
Having read "The Dark Side of the Mind" I was keen to read more. I found one story in particular very uncomfortable reading, the majority are in some way, quite heart warming.
What I disliked was the authors need to virtue signal frequently, to nickname diagnostic manuals (without referring to alternatives - ICD-10 anyone? No?) and to lay on very very thick, that bad is a state of mind - very often the mind of the assessor. This doesn't need to be written in giant letters, the stories should speak for themselves.
What I disliked was the authors need to virtue signal frequently, to nickname diagnostic manuals (without referring to alternatives - ICD-10 anyone? No?) and to lay on very very thick, that bad is a state of mind - very often the mind of the assessor. This doesn't need to be written in giant letters, the stories should speak for themselves.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Self harm, Grief, Addiction, Animal death, Sexual violence, and Racism
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