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Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

8 reviews

wytherwytch's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Just brilliant. Dark. Gothic. Romantic. Can't wait for part 2! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Violence, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Grief, Death, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Torture

hannahcstocks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, Violence, Body horror, Death, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Classism, Gore, Murder, and Physical abuse

laffi's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

I enjoyed the story so much that I wish the book was longer and not as fast paced as it is. While I think the ending might be controversial, I'm happy to say I liked it a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexism, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal death, Excrement, Miscarriage, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death, Kidnapping, and Vomit

amelianotthepilot's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

a wonderful little love story of castles and cadavers set in 18th century edinburgh 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Gore, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Medical content, Blood, Violence, Trafficking, Physical abuse, and Medical trauma

amirez1043's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Chronic illness, Sexism, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Torture, Vomit, and Police brutality

sailormegan's review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Review For Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz 

 

Writing 4.5/5 

The writing portrayed the Gothic, early 1800s Edinburgh vibe perfectly.  Loved the detail and research Dana put into early nineteenth century medicine and the history of medicine. She didn’t shy away from describing bloody scenes which I would say requires a bit of a more mature audience. The romance was well done, however, I would have liked more clear direction with the timeline.  I can see an influence of Jane Austen. 

 

Characters 4.5/5 

The characters were unique and all had a purpose to the plot.  Hazel’s determination and interest in medicine helped to propel her story forward and I wanted to see her succeed despite the restraints put on her for being a woman. 

 

Plot 5/5 

I loved the plot. It was something I haven’t seen in a YA novel before.   We get to go on a journey with Hazel on her hopeful pursuit of becoming a surgeon, finding love outside her social standing, and solving a mystery surrounding the deaths of fellow citizens.  The combo of prime and proper with macabre, gothic scenes was fantastic 

 

Post-Reading Rating 4/5 

The ending was definitely not a happily ever after but it suited the tone of the book very well. The main characters got the best outcome for their circumstances. 

 

 

Who Should Read This 

-Fans of Mary Shelly and/or Jane Austen 

-Interest in gothic victorian vibes 

-Those who don’t mind a lil gore and death 

 

Final Rating 4.5/5 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Medical content, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Sexism, and Terminal illness

Minor: Vomit

binreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I picked this book up because I saw Neil Caiman’s lil review on it. And I was not disappointed.

I wish I could give it a 5 but the beginning was a bit slow. Then the ending was rushed and I felt deserved more time to hash things out. I would LOOOVE a sequel!!!

This was very different. I had no clue when I started reading it took place in the 1800’s which totally made sense for the subject matter.

With all the medical talk, it makes me wanna look up how surgery really began…I wouldn’t be surprised if in real life there was some type of “resurrection men”.

One issue I had is that, it’s called Anatomy: A Love Story but to be honest, there wasn’t enough romance for me!!!

Spoiler

Just when I thought we’d get to see more of Jack and Hazel together, it’d go back into Hazel’s work.

Which the medical stuff  was just the right about if gore by the way. My imagination was running wild with this one. Very descriptive and easy to build the world in your head. I would definitely read again tbh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Gore, Medical content, Blood, Death, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Moderate: Classism, Murder, Grief, and Incest

Minor: Vomit and Pregnancy

steeped_in_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Classism, Terminal illness, Blood, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

Minor: Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Vomit