Reviews tagging 'War'

All That Remains by Sue Black

24 reviews

dontwritedown's review against another edition

informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

As a family member of a victim of MMIW, I am very critical of the true crime community and their lack of respect for the dead. Sue Black is a breath of fresh air as she not only respects the dead, she respects death itself and tries to pass that respect onto the next generation. She also advocates for respect for dead people and their bodies not only from her students, but from the government as well, always advocating for the deceased best interests.

"All That Remains" not only takes a look at Black's own experiences with death but also highlights several cases in the U.K. that readers across the pond may not be so famaliar with. She gives anonimity where it makes sense, to make sure families are not subjected to more distress and I really wish more people in the true crime area would stop and think "do I need to name this case? Do I need to bring up this traumatic occurence back to light? Is there any benefit beyond giving me clout by highlighting this case?" The fact that she's actively still trying to help solve John and Jane Doe cases via this book should be commended.

I definitely recommend checking out your local universities and seeing if they take eligible corpses for dissection. Despite only being 27, I am looking into it now and if I qualify.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and War

euphemiajo's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Incest, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Murder, and Alcohol

karinacheah17's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, and War

hallaxx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

Minor: Pedophilia and Suicide

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This memoir has inspired me to one day delve into anatomy, a subject I, until very recently, found uninteresting and dated. How wrong I was. I want to start a blog where I recommend books just so I can put this on there. I'm beyond shocked at the fact that I haven't been recommended this before, and will be righting this wrong, because wow. The life this woman has lived is impressive and enrapturing. The descriptions of her experiences are as rich as her humour. I was simply hypnotised. Not to mention heartbroken.. this is absolutely not for the faint of heart, but if you feel prepared to face the horrors of human cruelty, read this book. You will not regret it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer and Abandonment

peppermint_kiss's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

I really enjoyed this book, which provided a good balance between interesting case studies and the philosophical musings of the author.  Although I don't agree with all of her thoughts and opinions, I feel she did a good job explaining and exploring them, using her life experiences as a springboard.  I especially appreciated the respect with which every topic was approached.  That said, although I did learn some interesting tidbits about her field of work, and found the book interesting and entertaining, it did not contain any big "wow" or "a-ha!" moments that would be necessary for me to rate it higher.  Still very much recommended for those interested in the subject, though.  Note that some of the cases explored in the book, especially related to children and war, are quite disturbing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Dementia, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy

killeenm18's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Child abuse

nyhofs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Rape

kvitlin's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Medical content, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Sexual assault, Torture, Dementia, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

bandreea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and War