Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Still Life with Bones by Alexa Hagerty

5 reviews

scotia_mullin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This book was impeccable. Hagerty writes an emotive and compelling piece around her experiences of studying genocide and mass disappearance. 
As an anthropologist I found the idea of a cultural anthropologist conducting fieldwork alongside forensic anthropologists fascinating. Her perspectives have voice to both the insider and the outside and explored themes deeply. 
The ethnographic writing style was descriptive, reflective, and honest and brought light to an issue that is commonly glazed over in history. 
I really enjoyed the authors pace, tone, and overall writing style and found the book easy to digest. Although some parts were sad and dense I recommend reading this book whether you are an anthropologist or not. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

joannalouise's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

apiologee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

bookbrig's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

I learned so much from this book, and it made me want to go back to reread The Bone Woman by Clea Koff. I only knew the very vaguest details about the history this book recounts, so I'm also hoping to read some of the books mentioned in the text for more context and info. This is a moving mixture of memoir and history and testimony and witness to atrocities that feels particularly timely, though I suppose it is unfortunately timely at any given moment. It's not a light read, but it is a really well written one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism