Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Anatomy: Eine Liebesgeschichte – Lass dich entführen in die geheimnisvolle Regency-Welt dieses #1 New York Times Bestsellers by Dana Schwartz

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

Minor: Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Alcohol

lisacanteven's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

This book is not as beautiful as its cover. It is gritty and grotesque in the best possible ways. It is so atmospheric that I felt like I was walking the dark streets of Edinburgh with Hazel. I could almost feel the grime. The story is slow to start, but the descriptions of the setting really steal the show in the first half. The second half of the book definitely pick up. I couldn't put the book down at that point. The story becomes twisted and surprising. It does take a little bit of suspended disbelief, but the plot is satisfying. The ending is another thing, but there is a second book. I had to pick up the sequel immediately. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Incest

shelvesofivy's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, and Medical content

Moderate: Incest, Kidnapping, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Violence, Pregnancy, and Classism

lindasreadss's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest

chelle22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

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

Minor: Child death, Vomit, and Kidnapping

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

Moderate: Trafficking

Minor: Incest

saragxyz's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Incest

voldycat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Incest, and Kidnapping

Minor: Classism

ambenicole418's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

“Anatomy: A Love Story” is exactly what the title says it is. A love story between Hazel, an ambitious 17 y/o girl who is set on being a surgeon during a time where woman aren’t even allowed to study anatomy, and Jack, a 17 y/o boy who digs up dead bodies for a living. I’ll admit that the first half of this book didn’t really grip me because it was all set up, but once the love story and the mystery behind all these disappearances really started taking off I couldn’t put the book down! Now I’m kinda glad I waited so long to read this book because now I don’t have to wait a year for the second book to come out (although I do have to wait some time for my turn to borrow the book from library). Overall, if you’re looking for a good love story/mystery with a little bit of alchemy mixed in and you don’t mind a lot of set up I would highly recommend this book.

P.S. there is moderate incest in this book in that Hazel is betrothed to her first cousin and they share a few kisses throughout the story. Which is pretty customary given their social statuses and the time period this book takes place in, but I figured I should include that in my review just in case someone vehemently hates this kind of thing and can’t read a book that includes it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Incest and Kidnapping