A review by merle_bookdragon
Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I really wasn't sure what to expect from this book at the beginning but I've heard good things about it. I must admit the start felt a bit slow for me and I was struggling a bit with what I have termed the "trope fest" because this was one of the most young adult YA novels I have read in a while :D 

While it took me a bit to get into it I was really enjoying myself once I did.
I think for me it started after Hazel had her talk with Dr. Beecham, agreed on the wager, and started taking matters into her own hands. This felt like the story was finally progressing a bit more.
I really enjoyed following Hazel's story and development and I loved reading about the medicine! I am not very well verse in historical medicine so really I would not be able to tell if it was accurate but I really liked that the information was given to us through Hazel's eyes. 

I really liked her relationship with Jack and really disliked Bernard (quelle surprise). I am also very destroyed by the fact that for me Bernard is such a Hans character (from Frozen) and so now his face is burned into my brain. It was a very typical "men are better than women and i will indulge you for a while but you really should stop this childish behavior now" kind of situation, which made it really easy to "choose" between the love interests. If there was ever even an actual choice lol.

All in all, I enjoyed this book a lot, it was a relatively easy read, it was the right amounts of romance and mystery to keep me entertained and I'm interested to see where book two will lead!
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