Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Death by Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts by Kathryn Harkup

4 reviews

thenageler's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Child death, Medical content, Torture, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Chronic illness

tmickey's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Medical content, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, and Gore

erinbarton's review against another edition

dark funny informative medium-paced

3.5

an examination of all the death in shakepeare’s plays and the historical context and medical science behind each cause of death

wouldn’t really recommend if you’re unfamiliar with a lot of shakespeare’s  plays since this book does go over pretty much every play at some point, but if you have base level knowledge of quite a few you’ll be able to follow 

if you were a horrible histories fan as a child you’ll probably enjoy this, or if you have an interest in post-mortem/forensic science as well as medieval history or the bard then give this a go!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide

beckysbookshelf's review

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Excrement, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Torture