Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime by Val McDermid

14 reviews

clarabooksit's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, Suicide, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

sulfurandbrimstone74's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, and Murder

bookedandbusy's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

5.0

This book was very interesting and I learned a lot from it! As someone who wants to work in forensics, this was an incredibly helpful and informative resource!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Bugs are mentioned quite a bit in chapter 3-Forensic Entemology

blenchbooks's review against another edition

dark informative sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

sshabein's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Rape

fictionalalex's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

 Forensics was a fascinating look at the science behind crime scenes and the journey it has gone through. From disbelief to mishaps to deliberate lying, each element of forensics has fought to be believed and used correctly in the court of law.

The writing of this book was fantastic and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I did wish it went into more depth sometimes, but regardless it was a great and informative read.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Murder

marisasbooks's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Super informative while also being a super interesting and fast paced read. Did not feel like I was being put through painful learning, it was all so interesting with tons of case examples used 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

junglejelly's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

A very engaging read for me.

I enjoyed the covering a lot of topics but found some chapters too short but appreciated the bibliography at the end for further reading.

Another part I appreciated was the reiterations throughout that forensic science doesn't present 100% facts but can just be likeliness or possibilities.

Would really enjoy an updated version with the latest science and technology.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

jetpackdracula's review against another edition

informative mysterious medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Rape, and Sexual violence

angelfireeast24's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Police brutality, Grief, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury