Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

102 reviews

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Drug use, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexism, Animal cruelty, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Death, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

Moderate: Incest, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Child death, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

Minor: Mental illness, Infertility, and Vomit

theasi's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Misogyny, Body horror, Death, Blood, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Alcohol

priscillarobock's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Body horror, Child death, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Gore, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Sexism

gracescanlon's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Murder, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Child death, Grief, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Classism, Death, Violence, and Misogyny

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gore, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Vomit, Drug use, and Torture

Minor: Alcohol

jaynovara's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, Death, Medical trauma, Gore, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, Classism, Child death, Chronic illness, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Confinement, and Pandemic/Epidemic

marisam104's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Animal death

winglesswarrior's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Death, Blood, Gore, and Kidnapping

apgodsen's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

What a great read! I love a book that melds murder, mystery, historic settings, and a little bit of romance. I really enjoyed this book, and I appreciated the fact that the author let Hazel be her own person in the first half of the book then leaning into the romance a bit. Will definitely read the second book. 

Books with similar vibes I would recommend:
- Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalo
- Wrapped by Jennifer Bradbury
- Belladonna by Adalyn Grace 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, and Medical trauma

rocksanne's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore and Body horror

sarahsupastar's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Death, and Gore