Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Smak trucizny by Neil Bradbury

27 reviews

chemeducator's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child death, Medical content, and Murder

vagrantheather's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

3.5

Well done - a nice blend of genuinely detailed biological context and storytelling re: murder - but a non fiction book is never gonna get above 4 stars for me. Bradbury did a fantastic job. The narrator did a good job. At no point was it a chore to listen to. But I also don't remember a single thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Child death, and Murder

k_shimer's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Death, Murder, Suicide attempt, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, and Medical content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Torture, Blood, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad fast-paced

4.0

this was super interesting! it did make me feel a little sketchy reading in public but it was a very good read lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Death of parent, Child death, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Death, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

abby_can_read's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

Review pending St Martin Press boycott. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Medical trauma, Child death, and Vomit

anniereads221's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Animal death, Death, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Medical content, Gore, Child death, Blood, Violence, Suicide, Sexism, Murder, Drug use, and Animal cruelty

siobhanward's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.0

 I've read a few books on this topic now, and while this was a decent book, it wasn't my favourite that I've read (that would be The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum). Bradbury told a good story, but often the pieces felt disjointed and sometimes a bit too quick. While some of these books struggle with being too scientific, this one felt almost too surface-level at times.

It was still a fun read and if you enjoy poison/true crime/Victorian science, it's definitely worth picking up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Medical content, and Death

helena_chris's review against another edition

dark funny informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Abortion, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Drug abuse and Addiction

kathrat's review against another edition

dark informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

This is true crime - so of course there is murder, but the child murders are very upsetting.

cmbohn's review against another edition

dark informative relaxing medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Medical content

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail