Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Unnatural Causes by Richard Shepherd

20 reviews

eliel's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

anniereads221's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

emily_p1's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Suicidal thoughts

jen_abrahall's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

I absolutely loved this book, despite the ‘big book fear’ i absolutely loved this one. i perhaps have an unhealthy interest in true crime but this left me satisfied that i’d understood the complexities of the cases from a pathological perspective. Admittedly a little graphic at times but i fear without this the enormity of Dr Shepard’s work and career would be lost on the reader. thoroughly interesting and enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

aliceloyallaleon's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

mithilareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

Read this book if you're looking for an insider's account of the stressful life of a forensic pathologist, a description of the daily highs and lows and the extraordinary ups and downs. It's THE book to read if you're a true crime fan.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

bethsbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, and Murder

asourceoffiction's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

This was absolutely fascinating. From the high profile cases to those that were completely unknown, Shepherd manages to find the perfect balance between clinical language and narrative prose, from initial examination through to court and conviction in some cases. He writes really well; the post-mortems are scientific enough to keep from being hard to stomach, but not so detached that you can't also feel empathy for the victims, their families and those involved in the deaths.

Some of the bureaucracy becomes so frustrating, and the toll it takes on Shepherd's personal life is awful. But he writes with such brilliant clarity and it's one of those rare non-fictions that reads enough like a novel I couldn't put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Death of parent

heini's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, and Car accident

Extremely detailed descriptions of (many) children's death, bodies and murders of children.

sophieduncan's review against another edition

dark emotional informative slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Police brutality, and Mass/school shootings

Terrorism - content warning