Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

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

29 reviews

alyssatuininga's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Body horror, Child death, Torture, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence

booksborrowed's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

Sue Black does a wonderful job teaching the importance of forensic anthropology from head to toe. As a long-time crime drama fan, I was fascinated by the way Black was able to use her fruitful career as a catalyst to introduce or explain the human anatomy. The information was dumbed down enough for most people to understand what part of the anatomy was being described and was easy enough to follow along with very little medical background. I would recommend this for any aspiring forensic investigator or, like me, the average crime enthusiast.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault

kiki_tyler's review against another edition

emotional funny informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child death, Murder, Torture, Child abuse, and Death

frenchpants's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Torture, Abortion, Drug abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

selenatothemax's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault and Suicide

lana_dg95's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Sexual assault

morganmcginley's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

The tone and paxing of this book is excellent. I looked forward to hearing what Sue Black would be up to next. There does need to be a strong trigger warning for chapter 8, so please look into that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Rape, and Child abuse

Moderate: Deadnaming, Trafficking, Sexual assault, and Miscarriage

elle_szarka's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Transphobia, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

majormnkey's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence, Suicide, Rape, Gore, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, and Murder

Minor: Drug use, Torture, and Drug abuse

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