Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

All That Remains by Sue Black

6 reviews

euphemiajo's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Blood, War, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Animal death, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug use, Murder, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, and Incest

peppermint_kiss's review

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

I really enjoyed this book, which provided a good balance between interesting case studies and the philosophical musings of the author.  Although I don't agree with all of her thoughts and opinions, I feel she did a good job explaining and exploring them, using her life experiences as a springboard.  I especially appreciated the respect with which every topic was approached.  That said, although I did learn some interesting tidbits about her field of work, and found the book interesting and entertaining, it did not contain any big "wow" or "a-ha!" moments that would be necessary for me to rate it higher.  Still very much recommended for those interested in the subject, though.  Note that some of the cases explored in the book, especially related to children and war, are quite disturbing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Violence, War, Death, Genocide, Medical content, Murder, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Hate crime

Moderate: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Mass/school shootings, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Suicide, Body horror, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Animal death, Incest, Terminal illness, and Blood

Minor: Pregnancy, Rape, Vomit, Cancer, Cannibalism, Torture, Chronic illness, Dementia, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

nyhofs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Gore, Medical content, Genocide, Violence, Death of parent, Grief, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Minor: Rape, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

arabellaruby's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Pedophilia, Dementia, Cannibalism, Cancer, Violence, Murder, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Death, War, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Animal death

anovelbeauty's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

Book TW: dissection; death; sexual abuse; child abuse & kidnapping; murder; mass death

This book has been on my TBR for ages and I finally got around to it. It’s probably not for people who are a bit squeamish about blunt discussions about decomposing bodies and any of the trigger warnings mentioned above. However, given the topic matter, Dr. Black does a lovely job at thoughtfully and honestly portraying death from honouring those who donate their bodies to science to teach the next generations of scientists and doctors, but also harder topics like murder and mass tragedies. She takes you through her own journey from working at a butcher’s after school in Inverness and through her career as a distinguished forensic anthropologist. The book is meant to help us be more comfortable with the concepts surrounding death, but also understand the science that has formed modern day forensic anthropology. It’s honestly extremely fascinating and I really appreciated how well Dr. Black takes your hand to explore her world and career. Even if you’re not extremely interested in forensic anthropology as a field, I would still recommend this as a way to be more comfortable with death, as it’s one of the few things guaranteed to touch all of us in life. This is thoughtful, educational, poignant, and sometimes humorous. I hope you’re able to take as much out of it as I have!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Moderate: Grief, Terminal illness, Suicide, Sexual assault, Rape, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Genocide, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual violence and Child death

pseudoliterature's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, Medical content, and Terminal illness