apersonfromflorida's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, and Pedophilia
Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, and Cancer
navayiota's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, War, Pregnancy, Genocide, Murder, Trafficking, Torture, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Medical content, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Alcohol
Minor: Abandonment and Cancer
leoniemacleod's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder
Moderate: Genocide
rachelteresacrawshaw's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Child death, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Hate crime, Gore, Genocide, and Blood
anovelbeauty's review against another edition
4.75
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!
Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, and Medical content
Moderate: Grief, Terminal illness, Suicide, Sexual assault, Rape, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Genocide, and Child abuse
Minor: Sexual violence and Child death