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Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek
5 reviews
grayraincurtain's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
dromedaryreader's review
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
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
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