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All That Remains by Sue Black

9 reviews

kirstieanya's review against another edition

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4.75


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challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0


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navayiota's review against another edition

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5.0

This memoir has inspired me to one day delve into anatomy, a subject I, until very recently, found uninteresting and dated. How wrong I was. I want to start a blog where I recommend books just so I can put this on there. I'm beyond shocked at the fact that I haven't been recommended this before, and will be righting this wrong, because wow. The life this woman has lived is impressive and enrapturing. The descriptions of her experiences are as rich as her humour. I was simply hypnotised. Not to mention heartbroken.. this is absolutely not for the faint of heart, but if you feel prepared to face the horrors of human cruelty, read this book. You will not regret it.

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peppermint_kiss's review

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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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killeenm18's review

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challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.0


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nyhofs's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0


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kvitlin's review

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sunnybugz's review

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dark emotional informative slow-paced

4.5


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arabellaruby's review

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emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75


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