Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

All That Remains by Sue Black

6 reviews

dontwritedown's review against another edition

informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

As a family member of a victim of MMIW, I am very critical of the true crime community and their lack of respect for the dead. Sue Black is a breath of fresh air as she not only respects the dead, she respects death itself and tries to pass that respect onto the next generation. She also advocates for respect for dead people and their bodies not only from her students, but from the government as well, always advocating for the deceased best interests.

"All That Remains" not only takes a look at Black's own experiences with death but also highlights several cases in the U.K. that readers across the pond may not be so famaliar with. She gives anonimity where it makes sense, to make sure families are not subjected to more distress and I really wish more people in the true crime area would stop and think "do I need to name this case? Do I need to bring up this traumatic occurence back to light? Is there any benefit beyond giving me clout by highlighting this case?" The fact that she's actively still trying to help solve John and Jane Doe cases via this book should be commended.

I definitely recommend checking out your local universities and seeing if they take eligible corpses for dissection. Despite only being 27, I am looking into it now and if I qualify.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Child death, and War

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

n_t_sh_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Grief, Child abuse, Animal death, and War

Minor: Suicide

Professor Black and I work in different different sand pits in the same park. I work in the profession of dying, not the dead. It is interesting to be thinking of someone else's job, an opinion I hear about my own and dismiss every day "How can anyone do that?" But said with admiration and a gratitude that someone with this passion and consideration is in the role. I have never wanted to speak/contact an author before but I would like very much to discuss how we could continue to learn from each other, as I have learned from this memoir.

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

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