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Still Life with Bones by Alexa Hagerty

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challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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5.0

This book is incredible and opened up a whole new world and topic I knew shamefully little about.

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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challenging emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

5.0

"My fear of crying is replaced by a new fear. That I wont cry, that I wont feel anything. Is it worse when the child appears or when she does not?"

Still Life with Bones: Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains was a tought book to read, but I loved how the author told the stories. Throughout the story, we bounced around timelines, but I never felt left behind or confused. Every personal story of hers was surrounded by context and a lesson on the history of the area.

I also appreciated how she handled the discussion of religion and its involvement in the genocides. She did a good job balancing how religion was both used to help and to hurt vulnerable peoples.

I wouldn't pick this up if you are looking for a quick read, it requires a lot of contemplation and I had to put it down several times. This book was incredibly important, and much of the information I learned made me frustrated that I hadn't learned it earlier.

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5.0

Alexa Hagerty has done an incredible job of bringing compassion and care to topics of genocide and death. This book was beautifully written and helped show so many different sides to the aftermath of genocide and the work that goes into healing afterwards. I’m truly blown away by this book and cannot wait for her next one!