Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Unnatural Causes by Richard Shepherd

39 reviews

zoebill96's review against another edition

challenging informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

sineadisreadingagain's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

halletttime2's review

emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

julesreadsstuff's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

siobhanward's review

informative medium-paced

4.0

 This was a really interesting read and I loved the attention and care that was given to each case. Shepherd was also very open and honest about his experience with PTSD, including noting that it wasn't tied to a specific case, just to the experience of being a pathologist in general. I could have used a little less of his personal life, but I do get why it was included. This was a great read that really covered an interesting period in the UK's history through the lens of a forensic pathologist, which was definitely a unique perspective. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Medical content, and Murder

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

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

bridget_t's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Self harm

carlytenille's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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