wildthiiiing's review against another edition
4.0
You can clearly tell the author loves her job, and she writes in an upbeat manner for the most part - while giving proper somber tones when needed depending on the subject matter. Occasionally the time line jumps around a little bit - but where she is telling stories based on each particular case and less on an overall timeline, it wasn't a terrible bother.
This is another book on my 2023 list where I read it in less than 48 hours - I could hardly put it down when I had spare time to read.
Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Violence
honeyenbee's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Death, Child death, Death of parent, Suicide, Gore, Blood, and Medical content
shaylaeliz's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Death and Medical content
Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, and Suicide
Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Child death
ksuazo94's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Child death
Moderate: Medical content, Vomit, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Blood, Gore, Excrement, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Rape, Medical trauma, Grief, and Murder
rmika's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Self harm, Suicide, Death, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Murder
aaaugello's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicide, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, and Mental illness
Moderate: Murder, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug use
Minor: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Stalking
alimata's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Self harm, Gore, Suicide, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content
vigil's review against another edition
4.5
it’s definitely not for the lighthearted, Melinek described her work in visceral detail thar truly conveys exactly what had occurred.
i docked half a point off due to the author’s treatment of suicide. her own father killed himself when she was thirteen, which understandably colored her perception of it. but her low empathy or compassion for the suicidal, ranging from calling them delusional to downright selfish is ugly in a regular person, but willfully ignorant and harmful in a medical professional.
Graphic: Suicide, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit
eatingbrains's review against another edition
3.75
Also, I'm a total nerd so when they used an SEM to look at the ends of a suture to determine if it was tied off properly I was stoked since I've used them to look at tiny shit. It's fucking cool!
Minor: Medical content, Child death, Gore, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, Self harm, and Stalking
inkstainedworld's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Suicide
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Gore, and Drug abuse