Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

All That Remains by Sue Black

18 reviews

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

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

afion's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Dementia, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, and Pedophilia

Minor: Trafficking

n_t_sh_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Grief, and War

Minor: Suicide

Professor Black and I work in different different sand pits in the same park. I work in the profession of dying, not the dead. It is interesting to be thinking of someone else's job, an opinion I hear about my own and dismiss every day "How can anyone do that?" But said with admiration and a gratitude that someone with this passion and consideration is in the role. I have never wanted to speak/contact an author before but I would like very much to discuss how we could continue to learn from each other, as I have learned from this memoir.

arabellaruby's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and War

anovelbeauty's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

Book TW: dissection; death; sexual abuse; child abuse & kidnapping; murder; mass death

This book has been on my TBR for ages and I finally got around to it. It’s probably not for people who are a bit squeamish about blunt discussions about decomposing bodies and any of the trigger warnings mentioned above. However, given the topic matter, Dr. Black does a lovely job at thoughtfully and honestly portraying death from honouring those who donate their bodies to science to teach the next generations of scientists and doctors, but also harder topics like murder and mass tragedies. She takes you through her own journey from working at a butcher’s after school in Inverness and through her career as a distinguished forensic anthropologist. The book is meant to help us be more comfortable with the concepts surrounding death, but also understand the science that has formed modern day forensic anthropology. It’s honestly extremely fascinating and I really appreciated how well Dr. Black takes your hand to explore her world and career. Even if you’re not extremely interested in forensic anthropology as a field, I would still recommend this as a way to be more comfortable with death, as it’s one of the few things guaranteed to touch all of us in life. This is thoughtful, educational, poignant, and sometimes humorous. I hope you’re able to take as much out of it as I have!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Grief

Minor: Child death and Sexual violence