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A review by midnightcomets
Sawbones by Catherine Johnson
5.0
What stars? All the sharp scalpels/5 stars
Ezra slowly, carefully, unwrapped the body. It was a strange life, he knew that's what others thought, that they judged him. People wanted cures but didn't know how to come by them. But William McAdam was no ghoul. How did people imagine surgeons knew where to cut, how to cut and how far to cut? You couldn't have one without the other.
Something to listen to while reading this ♥
Trigger warnings for: Racism, blood, amputations, death
Those who speak to me quite often will know that ever since I picked up Sawbones, I never really stopped talking about it. In fact, I adopted the main characters and they are now forever my children, who I will protect and cherish at all costs. I got exactly what I expected from this action-packed, spooky historical fiction story, and it was tears, and laughter, and the most unexpected heart warmth, out of the most unexpected places.
For a small book, this was filled with MANY descriptions of surgeries and body studies, and I did not mind it one bit. If anything, I enjoyed it to the fullest, and learnt even more about medicine in the past. I loved the characters so deeply, and will forever carry them with me. I loved the setting, the aesthetic, the twists of the plot, the writing, the inspiration from the Hunterian museum AND the mystery.
I loved loved loved everything about it, and something that surprised me is how much coziness one could fit in a story about a string of murders, a young surgeon and grave robbers. I loved the friendships, the emotions, the light humour and the historical bits. I just fell head over heels for this story, and I dug my own grave.
Overall, I don't know what you guys expected, but if you like The Graveyard Book, Tim Burton and historical fiction, I believe you will love this as much ♥ Until the next review, keep studying the scalpel and the blade and searching for adventures and friends ♥
~Mary ♥
Ezra slowly, carefully, unwrapped the body. It was a strange life, he knew that's what others thought, that they judged him. People wanted cures but didn't know how to come by them. But William McAdam was no ghoul. How did people imagine surgeons knew where to cut, how to cut and how far to cut? You couldn't have one without the other.
Something to listen to while reading this ♥
Trigger warnings for: Racism, blood, amputations, death
Those who speak to me quite often will know that ever since I picked up Sawbones, I never really stopped talking about it. In fact, I adopted the main characters and they are now forever my children, who I will protect and cherish at all costs. I got exactly what I expected from this action-packed, spooky historical fiction story, and it was tears, and laughter, and the most unexpected heart warmth, out of the most unexpected places.
For a small book, this was filled with MANY descriptions of surgeries and body studies, and I did not mind it one bit. If anything, I enjoyed it to the fullest, and learnt even more about medicine in the past. I loved the characters so deeply, and will forever carry them with me. I loved the setting, the aesthetic, the twists of the plot, the writing, the inspiration from the Hunterian museum AND the mystery.
I loved loved loved everything about it, and something that surprised me is how much coziness one could fit in a story about a string of murders, a young surgeon and grave robbers. I loved the friendships, the emotions, the light humour and the historical bits. I just fell head over heels for this story, and I dug my own grave.
Overall, I don't know what you guys expected, but if you like The Graveyard Book, Tim Burton and historical fiction, I believe you will love this as much ♥ Until the next review, keep studying the scalpel and the blade and searching for adventures and friends ♥
~Mary ♥