Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

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

30 reviews

acrosstheskyinstars's review against another edition

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

karinacheah17's review against another edition

dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Murder, and Violence

abygaylejanik's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

manateethumbs's review against another edition

dark funny informative medium-paced

4.25

lots of fun and interesting (and gross) stories!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

wemilyebb's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

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

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

siobhanward's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

 This was a really cool read. I loved the mix of historical stories, science and personal encounters that Black included. I thought that it was just in-depth enough to be interesting, but not so in-depth that I felt lost. There are definitely some parts that are harder to stomach than others, so be warned.

Overall, this was a fun and interesting read for anyone interested in forensic anthropology, human anatomy or who watched too many episodes of Bones in the early 2000s. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Child abuse

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

luisa_joy's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape