Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

All That Remains by Sue Black

28 reviews

not_another_ana's review against another edition

Entiendo que es en parte memoria y una meditación sobre la muerte, pero fue demasiado sobre sus posiciones personales y experiencias familiares. En el punto en el que solté el libro fue que empezó a hablar sobre su trabajo, pero ya para ese entonces estaba demasiado aburrida y no tenía ningún interés en seguir leyendo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

gilh0_0ley's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

Two hours or so into listening All that Remains, I had to stop and re-read the synopsis because I had no idea what it was supposed to be about. This first portion of the book is deeply unfocused whilst Black waxes poetic about her philosophy surrounding death and personal (to her credit) accounts of her experiences of loss. Even so, she is a compelling enough writer/narrator that I opted to power through.

I'm glad I did. When Black does get into the mechanics of her career the book finally manages to gain some momentum. Her conversational style then takes the edge off what is a series of incredibly grim case studies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Murder

frenchpants's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Genocide, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

bookworm513's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative medium-paced

5.0

Loved the book, very informative and interesting. Listen to the audio book with the author narrating it and found her voice very soothing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and War

entanglednovels's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Genocide, Gore, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual assault and Terminal illness

m4rtt4's review against another edition

dark funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

So interesting!! Sue Black just made me regret dropping my biology major... :') The only thing I would change about this book would be the sections about her personal life, honestly I only cared about the aspects of the job and I wish there had been even more scientific stuff in this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sourryebread's review against another edition

dark funny informative reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Genocide and Murder

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

   A mix of memoir and science about death and our relationship with it.
   I think I came at this from a unique perspective of having come close to death, medically, multiple times, and not having a fear of dying/being dead. The only part of death I fear is the potential pain before the actual event.
   The author said a lot I agree with, like how we should focus on having a good life while we're here and not focus so much on how long we live, but on the quality of it.
   Also, this book inspired me to finally request the paperwork to donate my body to science, which I've been planning to do, but haven't gotten around to. Which I encourage anyone to do if they can't/don't want to be an organ donor.
   Overall it was an excellent book and I learned a lot. It had a bit of true crime but was more of a memoir and science book.

Narrator Rating: 4.5 stars
  The narrator was good if a bit dry. But it was appropriate for the subject matter.

Extra ratings:  Fluff-NA    Heartfelt-4.5/5   Helpful-3/5    Horror-NA    Inspiration-1/5    Love aka Romance-NA     Mystery-NA    Predictability-NA     Spice-NA     Suspense-NA    Tear-4/5   Thrill-NA     Humor-0.5/5 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, and Rape

kirstieanya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Genocide and Dementia

Minor: Pedophilia

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