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The Seven Ages of Death: A Forensic Pathologist's Journey Through Life by Dr. Richard Shepherd

11 reviews

violet_moon1's review

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Very informative but also interesting to the lay person. I found he was very reflective and enjoyed reading how he'd maybe change things in his past. The cases were interesting and I loved that it followed cases with people of all different ages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Medical trauma, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

sharlapeggy's review

dark emotional informative slow-paced

2.0

Nothing wrong with this book, I just didn’t enjoy it as much as “Unnatural Causes”. Partly my fault as I took a while to read this and get into it as I listened to the audiobook. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Cancer, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Death, Excrement, Medical content, Vomit, Murder, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Dementia, and Grief

jennylo's review against another edition

informative reflective

4.5

The concept of looking at cases throughout the stages of life is brilliant. There's a lot of background detail into the biology/medicine of the causes of death rather than providing mainly post mortem information. Not as good as Unatural Causes, but still very interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Suicide, Death, Physical abuse, Dementia, and Alcoholism

gabbyreynolds's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Dementia, Murder, Alcohol, Suicide, Terminal illness, Child death, and Medical content

gmjohnson's review

informative mysterious reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

maia_rose's review

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Self harm, Rape, Murder, Medical trauma, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, Mental illness, Stalking, Alcohol, Hate crime, Medical content, Cancer, Blood, Child abuse, Car accident, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, and Body horror

vivj's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Medical content, Dementia, and Child death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Suicide

lmm31's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Death, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Cancer, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, Dementia, and Violence

according_to_jojo's review

emotional informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, Child death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Violence, Dementia, Murder, and Medical content

Moderate: Alcoholism and Addiction

sprucy2427's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

Incredibly fascinating read about the different stages of life, told through the lens of death. Dr Shepherd wonderfully balanced the medical facts with a sense of compassion, and kept me intrigued and educated through-out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Dementia, Murder, and Suicide