Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I by Lindsey Fitzharris

38 reviews

em_1920's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Dysphoria, Medical content, War, and Death

christylouise's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

4.0

An informative and charming read. The pacing is excellent and the anecdotes included are well chosen. Learning about the developments in plastic surgery brought about by Harold Gillies and WW1 was truly fascinating.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and War

readwithmarie23's review

dark emotional informative inspiring tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, War, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content

Moderate: Mental illness and Grief

Minor: Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Medical trauma

pardonmylord's review

informative medium-paced

4.5

While I love the book, I do think there was something lost in audiobook vs physical book, but I liked it so much I’d be interested in seeing the physical book and flipping through it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, War, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Violence, Gore, Gun violence, and Grief

Minor: Death and Fire/Fire injury

brep23's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and War

happentobeshort's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

This one took me a while to get through. The subject matter was very real and very upsetting but it was also very fascinating to learn all about. I knew that WW1 heralded a lot of innovations in medicine and reconstructive surgery, but I wasn't really aware of some of the finer details. It was really quite an amazing read despite the gory and depressing details, which I think were absolutely necessary anyway. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

lilyreads01's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

lifesarosch's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.75

Deeply difficult to read in places but a fascinating look at how plastic surgery came to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Gore

jackc5755's review

dark emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and War

cyberhavok's review against another edition

adventurous informative medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, War, Ableism, Blood, Death, and Gun violence