Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist by Richard Shepherd

6 reviews

lapuce1006's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Alcohol, Child abuse, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Blood, Suicide, Self harm, Rape, Police brutality, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Grief, Dementia, Sexual content, Racism, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Alcoholism, and Addiction

alisonannk's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Medical content, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Death, Hate crime, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Vomit, Alcoholism, Police brutality, and Racism

Minor: Cancer

eliel's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Mental illness, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Death

Minor: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Alcohol

anniereads221's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racism, Self harm, Torture, Medical content, Murder, Mental illness, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Rape, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

melplays9000's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Would definitely recommend this book. Dr Shepherd seems like a great man and I respect him very much after reading this. I feel like I played a small but important role in his story just by reading this book. I’m so glad I did, I loved how clinical it was but also included personal life. Great book, 5 Stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Child abuse, Grief, Murder, and Police brutality

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

jen_abrahall's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

I absolutely loved this book, despite the ‘big book fear’ i absolutely loved this one. i perhaps have an unhealthy interest in true crime but this left me satisfied that i’d understood the complexities of the cases from a pathological perspective. Admittedly a little graphic at times but i fear without this the enormity of Dr Shepard’s work and career would be lost on the reader. thoroughly interesting and enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual violence, Self harm, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, Gun violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Child abuse, Car accident, Cancer, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship