Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Unnatural Causes by Richard Shepherd

39 reviews

julesreadsstuff's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual violence, Racism, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Death, Police brutality, Gun violence, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Rape, Child abuse, and Medical content

grace_9613's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

absolutely fascinating memoir. Dr Shepherd has been involved in managing the aftermath of so many criminal cases and mass disasters throughout his career and still holds empathy and respect for all of the victims. Truly moving read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death, Murder, Hate crime, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

lapuce1006's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Alcohol, Child abuse, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Blood, Suicide, Self harm, Rape, Police brutality, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Grief, Dementia, Sexual content, Racism, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Alcoholism, and Addiction

nojerama's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

A follow up from reading Beyond The Tape by Dr Marie Cassidy last year. A fascinating book that captivated me from the get go, and the more reflective tone and focus on Dr Shepherd's mental health was an interesting perspective to pair alongside the clinical case studies. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Hate crime, Self harm, Alcoholism, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Police brutality, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Abandonment, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Mass/school shootings, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Cursing, Death, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Dementia, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, and Excrement

procrastinatingpages's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

This was one of those books that I’m sure everyone could take something away from it, but at the same time, I think the subject matter would also push people away from reading it.

My enjoyment of this book, and how informative I found it to be definitely hinges on the fact that I studied criminology and therefore knew a few of the cases discussed and the laws/processes mentioned. 

For those who perhaps aren’t as interested in understanding or researching different areas of the justice system and the way the branches work together, this book may not be for them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, and Child death

bridget_t's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Child abuse, Child death, Medical content, Genocide, and Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness

Minor: Self harm

carlytenille's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

alisonannk's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Medical content, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Death, Hate crime, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Vomit, Alcoholism, Police brutality, and Racism

Minor: Cancer

b3thanamy's review

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Child death, and Blood

gaynorcaw's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Brilliantly written an unexpectedly good book not my usual read but I enjoyed it immensely 
Not for the Squamish  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Death