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Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

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navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Good read! Finished it in a day. My one complaint would be that I enjoyed the parts that focused on the surgery or mystery aspects far more than the romance. It was like reading a story with multiple POVs and groaning with frustration whenever I was thrust back into the annoying character's brain. I even noticed myself tuning the narrator out at times when it got too boring and thinking "there's no way I'm going back to listen to all of that again, I'll just keep going"
I liked the ending, though. I would certainly listen to the sequel.

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rimsha04's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

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theasi's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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corinnaxsophie's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

A very unique story (do NOT read if you’re squeamish about blood and medical stuff). I thought the romance was beautifully written, I just wasn’t fully immersed, because I felt like it all happened so fast and we skipped multiple steps of relationship building. The ending is definitely unexpected,

I’m not completely convinced the author needed to bring magic into it all

I loved the main character, I thought she was fierce and intelligent!

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karen_lo's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

I usually don't read historical fiction or YA books but I really liked this one. The story kept me entertained and trying to figure out what Hazel was going to do. I loved the chemistry between her and Jack, as well as the mystery. I would've loved if it was longer because I felt the final chapters a bit rushed, and I would've loved to know more about Bernard, Hazel's actions, etc.

Also, I found some things hard to believe, like the fact that she was a woman and was difficult for her to walk somewhere without a chaperone, but she could run a hospital in her castle? How is it that the mother never found out?
I think the book's finale is one of those where you have to tie the loose ends on your own, based on the information you have. But I do wish it was larger. Overall I liked it and it entertained me a lot

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