Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Unnatural Causes by Richard Shepherd

17 reviews

aliceloyallaleon's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, Violence, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Suicide, Sexual violence, Stalking, Self harm, Rape, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Car accident, Cancer, Blood, and Addiction

mithilareads's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

Read this book if you're looking for an insider's account of the stressful life of a forensic pathologist, a description of the daily highs and lows and the extraordinary ups and downs. It's THE book to read if you're a true crime fan.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Gun violence, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Vomit

bethsbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

asourceoffiction's review

dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

This was absolutely fascinating. From the high profile cases to those that were completely unknown, Shepherd manages to find the perfect balance between clinical language and narrative prose, from initial examination through to court and conviction in some cases. He writes really well; the post-mortems are scientific enough to keep from being hard to stomach, but not so detached that you can't also feel empathy for the victims, their families and those involved in the deaths.

Some of the bureaucracy becomes so frustrating, and the toll it takes on Shepherd's personal life is awful. But he writes with such brilliant clarity and it's one of those rare non-fictions that reads enough like a novel I couldn't put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Drug abuse, Death of parent, Suicide, and Physical abuse

heini's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Violence, Suicide, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Mental illness, Rape, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Car accident, Miscarriage, and Vomit

Extremely detailed descriptions of (many) children's death, bodies and murders of children.

hereshereads's review

informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Police brutality

Minor: Rape, Self harm, Drug use, and Cancer

mmmroche's review

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

A wonderful insight into the world of forensic pathologist and the toll it can take on the living. Dr Shepherd is a beautiful writer, balancing the medical technicalities with an empathy that hits deep. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Sexual assault