Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Unnatural Causes by Richard Shepherd

30 reviews

emily_p1's review

dark informative mysterious medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, and Suicide

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

lhaigh's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Suicide

Minor: Rape

jen_abrahall's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

I absolutely loved this book, despite the ‘big book fear’ i absolutely loved this one. i perhaps have an unhealthy interest in true crime but this left me satisfied that i’d understood the complexities of the cases from a pathological perspective. Admittedly a little graphic at times but i fear without this the enormity of Dr Shepard’s work and career would be lost on the reader. thoroughly interesting and enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual violence, Self harm, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, Gun violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Child abuse, Car accident, Cancer, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

ymer's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Medical content, Gun violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Child death, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, and Self harm

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

caitlin_43's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

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.