Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Неестественные причины. Записки судмедэксперта: громкие убийства, ужасающие теракты и запутанные дела by Ричард Шеперд, Richard Shepherd, Иван Чорный, Ivan Chorny

9 reviews

lucymaydavis's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

softcatpoop's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.25

 Great autobiography of a great forensic pathologist, i recommend if you are interested in post-mortem since the author describes it in great detail

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicidal thoughts

nojerama's review against another edition

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

4.5

A follow up from reading Beyond The Tape by Dr Marie Cassidy last year. A fascinating book that captivated me from the get go, and the more reflective tone and focus on Dr Shepherd's mental health was an interesting perspective to pair alongside the clinical case studies. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Excrement, and Dementia

alisonannk's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Terminal illness, Vomit, Police brutality, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer

gaynorcaw's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Brilliantly written an unexpectedly good book not my usual read but I enjoyed it immensely 
Not for the Squamish  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, and Blood

_shonahenderson's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

anniereads221's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

katiej's review against another edition

emotional informative sad fast-paced

4.5

Interesting and intriguing book. Learnt lots and enjoyed the stories. Some sad parts and very well known cases which really fascinated me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Blood, and Car accident

caitlin_43's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, and Murder