Reviews tagging 'Child death'

A Taste for Poison by Neil Bradbury

30 reviews

kayelcr's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death and Medical content

melbotics's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

3.5

An interesting mix of true crime and the biological effects of the poisons used in the crimes. The crimes are a mix of historical and contemporary (including some quite well publicized assassination attempts). Peppered with dry humor, but also a bit repetitive at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

moonytoast's review against another edition

informative

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Medical content, and Murder

chemeducator's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child death, Medical content, and Murder

vagrantheather's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

3.5

Well done - a nice blend of genuinely detailed biological context and storytelling re: murder - but a non fiction book is never gonna get above 4 stars for me. Bradbury did a fantastic job. The narrator did a good job. At no point was it a chore to listen to. But I also don't remember a single thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide attempt, and Murder

k_shimer's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Pregnancy

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad fast-paced

4.0

this was super interesting! it did make me feel a little sketchy reading in public but it was a very good read lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

abby_can_read's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

Review pending St Martin Press boycott. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Vomit, and Medical trauma

anniereads221's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, and Murder

siobhanward's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.0

 I've read a few books on this topic now, and while this was a decent book, it wasn't my favourite that I've read (that would be The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum). Bradbury told a good story, but often the pieces felt disjointed and sometimes a bit too quick. While some of these books struggle with being too scientific, this one felt almost too surface-level at times.

It was still a fun read and if you enjoy poison/true crime/Victorian science, it's definitely worth picking up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Medical content