Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Onaturligt död: Liv och död - en rättsläkares memoarer by Richard Shepherd

19 reviews

xchloe_bxx's review against another edition

dark informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

dale1997's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, 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, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

louise_maw's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

halletttime2's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

grace_9613's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

absolutely fascinating memoir. Dr Shepherd has been involved in managing the aftermath of so many criminal cases and mass disasters throughout his career and still holds empathy and respect for all of the victims. Truly moving read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lapuce1006's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

nojerama's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

A follow up from reading Beyond The Tape by Dr Marie Cassidy last year. A fascinating book that captivated me from the get go, and the more reflective tone and focus on Dr Shepherd's mental health was an interesting perspective to pair alongside the clinical case studies. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Excrement, and Dementia

alisonannk's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Terminal illness, Vomit, Police brutality, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer

heyitsashleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

Unnatural Causes tells the life story of Dr Richard Shepherd, an experienced forensic pathologist. The book describes a lot of past cases of Dr Shepherd's, many of which are very harrowing and sad, including cases of infanticide, femicide and deaths as a result of police brutality, mass homicide or man-made disasters. It also covers some famous cases such as the deaths of Stephen Lawrence, Rachel Nickell and Princess Diana. As you can imagine, this work took a huge toll on Dr Shepherd's mental health and personal life, and this is covered in the book too. 

I found this book to be a really interesting insight into lots of things - the workings of the human body for one, and the process of a post-mortem and the work of pathologists. But I also found it interesting in its descriptions of how some of the systematic failures we have experienced (and continue to experience) in society have contributed to the deaths of many people. How lack of training on how to safely restrain people has led to police officers suffocating detainees (including the part race plays in this); how previously held attitudes towards child protection issues have led to the unexplained deaths of babies being largely ignored, meaning parents go on to inflict abuse on future children; and how human error and lack of adequate safety procedures has led to hundreds of people being killed in transport disasters. 

Overall I enjoyed this book. I found it a bit too graphic and technical in parts, but I found it really thought provoking on a lot of important topics. Also I love a good murder mystery so that element came into play throughout which was great! 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, and Police brutality

Minor: Self harm and Vomit

eliel's review

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