Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

15 reviews

doodeedoda's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual assault, Ableism, and Bullying

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

alychee's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Trafficking

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Sexual harassment

kawthar114's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Gore, Sexism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Misogyny, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief and Sexual assault

Minor: Classism and Abandonment

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

whimsykat's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Death, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Gore, and Sexism

Moderate: Trafficking

Minor: Incest

alisonvh's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this audiobook. I loved the characters, the setting, the story, everything about it! And the narrator does a fantastic job.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death, Murder, Abandonment, Terminal illness, Sexism, Classism, Violence, Torture, and Trafficking

Minor: Child death

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

sydn3ycx's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I read for the feminist and gothic aspects, not the romance. I’m also not big on history. However, I do appreciate the amount of research the author did and I find that the story was adorable, at least in the middle of it all. The pace seemed too slow for me and I used quick reading techniques to bulldoze through it after about page 80. The reflections on class are wonderfully written. I did feel that the feminism fell short at the end of the book with a certain life-saving method, and found myself on the villain’s side, despite the protagonist being a genuine hero, regarding a choice that she’d made that concludes the book. I feel that both that and the pacing are what are putting me to 3 stars. I’m interested in the sequel, to see how things go in relation to women’s oppression and medicine within Hazel’s story and further exploration of class issues with a person close to her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Torture

Moderate: Abandonment, Child death, Gore, and Animal death

Minor: Trafficking, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, War, Suicide, and Sexism

belleden's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Trafficking, Body horror, Medical content, Gore, Blood, and Pregnancy