Reviews with content warning for Sexism - Anatomy: A Love Story

It was an overall good read. The characters worked well with eachother but we never really saw much if Hazel unless it was to do with surgery. It wasn't to bad thought because we saw a lot of character displayed through that. I did not like the ending to the book I feel as if jt upset the vibe we allresfy had and it came completely out if nowhere for me

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redplanetreads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I really enjoyed this one! Definitely read the content warnings before starting it, though. This book gets very intense very quickly. Love the crossing of genres and breaking of stereotypes.

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ephalent's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious relaxing tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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ambenicole418's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

“Anatomy: A Love Story” is exactly what the title says it is. A love story between Hazel, an ambitious 17 y/o girl who is set on being a surgeon during a time where woman aren’t even allowed to study anatomy, and Jack, a 17 y/o boy who digs up dead bodies for a living. I’ll admit that the first half of this book didn’t really grip me because it was all set up, but once the love story and the mystery behind all these disappearances really started taking off I couldn’t put the book down! Now I’m kinda glad I waited so long to read this book because now I don’t have to wait a year for the second book to come out (although I do have to wait some time for my turn to borrow the book from library). Overall, if you’re looking for a good love story/mystery with a little bit of alchemy mixed in and you don’t mind a lot of set up I would highly recommend this book.

P.S. there is moderate incest in this book in that Hazel is betrothed to her first cousin and they share a few kisses throughout the story. Which is pretty customary given their social statuses and the time period this book takes place in, but I figured I should include that in my review just in case someone vehemently hates this kind of thing and can’t read a book that includes it.

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