Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek

4 reviews

kimmy0__0's review against another edition

dark informative fast-paced

3.25

This was a pretty interesting book. When I was a kid I dreamed about being a forensic scientist (not necessarily a medical examiner). I didn't love the moments when she talked like she was smarter than doctors or police (police are lazy and wanted to close the case, how could this doctor not even realize xyz) Like I get it, you have an important job but don't minimize efforts/intelligence of others. She acts like cases wouldn't have been solved if it hadn't been HER doing the autopsy. Other than the ego trip, I really thought this was interesting; particularly the chapters about 9-11. Very graphic details so don't read if squeamish. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Violence, Suicide attempt, Body horror, and Suicide

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Abortion, Addiction, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Mental illness, Child death, and Gore

ksuazo94's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Medical content, Vomit, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Blood, Gore, Excrement, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Rape, Medical trauma, Grief, and Murder

vigil's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

extremely thorough and informative. it’s a great entrance into the world of forensic pathology for people who wish to enter the medical field (like me), or for anyone just plain interested. 

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit

jess_the_reader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

Definitely a dark subject, so make sure you’re in the right headspace for a book about death, including suicide, terrorist attacks, child death, drug use, rape, and graphic descriptions of physical attacks (usually ending in death), and what happens to bodies after death. 
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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Violence