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Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek, T. J. Mitchell
10 reviews
siobhanward's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, and Medical content
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Violence, Car accident, and Murder
lisettemarie's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, and Death of parent
gracehunt1's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
dromedaryreader's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders
wildthiiiing's review against another edition
4.0
You can clearly tell the author loves her job, and she writes in an upbeat manner for the most part - while giving proper somber tones when needed depending on the subject matter. Occasionally the time line jumps around a little bit - but where she is telling stories based on each particular case and less on an overall timeline, it wasn't a terrible bother.
This is another book on my 2023 list where I read it in less than 48 hours - I could hardly put it down when I had spare time to read.
Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Violence
kimmy0__0's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Body horror, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
aaaugello's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Pregnancy
Minor: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
vigil's review against another edition
4.5
it’s definitely not for the lighthearted, Melinek described her work in visceral detail thar truly conveys exactly what had occurred.
i docked half a point off due to the author’s treatment of suicide. her own father killed himself when she was thirteen, which understandably colored her perception of it. but her low empathy or compassion for the suicidal, ranging from calling them delusional to downright selfish is ugly in a regular person, but willfully ignorant and harmful in a medical professional.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
jourdanicus's review against another edition
I agree with other reviews saying the author's perspective on suicide is pretty harshly judgemental, which struck me the wrong way as well, but didn't ruin the rest of the book for me.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Miscarriage, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, and Abortion
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Gun violence, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Pregnancy
jess_the_reader's review against another edition
4.0
If you’re up for all that, I’d highly recommend this book. I couldn’t put it down, I stayed up till 2AM last night reading this, and was fascinated.
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder