Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul by Eleanor Herman

4 reviews

audioaxolotl's review

funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Medical content, and Murder

dexkit10's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, and Chronic illness

magikskydad's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Chronic illness, Drug use, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism

This book is a historical work that describes the history of poisoning. It is incredibly informative. Sometimes it is gory and traffic but it’s totally worth the read if your interested in the history of royalty, or the darker and stranger working of medicine.

witchleaves's review against another edition

dark funny informative mysterious sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Infertility, Excrement, Vomit, and Medical content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism