Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Seven Ages of Death: A Forensic Pathologist's Journey Through Life by Dr. Richard Shepherd

5 reviews

laurajordensharris's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

according_to_jojo's review against another edition

emotional informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

sprucy2427's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

Incredibly fascinating read about the different stages of life, told through the lens of death. Dr Shepherd wonderfully balanced the medical facts with a sense of compassion, and kept me intrigued and educated through-out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

maisiebeechx's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.25

really interesting read, perfect mix between forensics and medicine 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

obfuscatress's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

A compassionate, well-rounded, and informative look into the many faces of death. Dr Shepherd has a way of marrying science and emotion by making the former prosaic and the latter exacting. This book will take you through life's many stages and ways to end - neglect, murder, natural causes, addiction, dependence, passion, suicide - performing a delicate dance between autopsies, epidemiology, and the psychological drivers of human nature.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder