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A review by kaitie_reads
The Resurrectionist by A. Rae Dunlap
dark
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
๐ชฆ Grave Robbing
๐ M/M Romance
๐ชฆ Macabre... but sweet
๐ Funny banter
๐ชฆ A pinch of murder mystery
This wasn't exactly what I expected, but I had a good time.
This story follows a young man named James in Victorian-era Edinburgh who is studying to become a surgeon/physician, but hands-on work is hard to find...
So I kind of expected more of an atmospheric and gothic vibe from this book, but it's almost more of a dark comedy and historical crime read. I love learning about grave robbing and resurrection men, so the actual historical tie-ins were well done and informative but in a fun way.
It's at times grotesque but more in a humorous macabre way than overtly dark. The actual grave robbing and dissection portions earlier on in the story were my favourite aspects. I did find the romance element in this kind of took over the plot for me, but I still feel like I enjoyed the story overall. The m/m romance, however, was very sweet (it is closed-door). It was one of those stories where the first 1/3 packs a greater punch than the rest of the book, I did find I lost interest here and there, but it also has a very unique overall vibe.
I think it was a really good debut, but it's not as horror-esque as I was expecting. It's like macabre: but make it lighter & fluffy.
๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ช๐ท๐ด ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ท ๐๐พ๐ซ๐ต๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ซ๐ธ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐.
๐ M/M Romance
๐ชฆ Macabre... but sweet
๐ Funny banter
๐ชฆ A pinch of murder mystery
This wasn't exactly what I expected, but I had a good time.
This story follows a young man named James in Victorian-era Edinburgh who is studying to become a surgeon/physician, but hands-on work is hard to find...
So I kind of expected more of an atmospheric and gothic vibe from this book, but it's almost more of a dark comedy and historical crime read. I love learning about grave robbing and resurrection men, so the actual historical tie-ins were well done and informative but in a fun way.
It's at times grotesque but more in a humorous macabre way than overtly dark. The actual grave robbing and dissection portions earlier on in the story were my favourite aspects. I did find the romance element in this kind of took over the plot for me, but I still feel like I enjoyed the story overall. The m/m romance, however, was very sweet (it is closed-door). It was one of those stories where the first 1/3 packs a greater punch than the rest of the book, I did find I lost interest here and there, but it also has a very unique overall vibe.
I think it was a really good debut, but it's not as horror-esque as I was expecting. It's like macabre: but make it lighter & fluffy.
๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ช๐ท๐ด ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ท ๐๐พ๐ซ๐ต๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ซ๐ธ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐.