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A review by sheenlynbree114
Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I think this is one of my good reads this year. This book is about Hazel, an aspiring surgeon, and Jack, a resurrection man, which digs up corpses. The idea of the two meeting is already a splendid idea. I really lived for the plot.
The story is set on a victorian timeline? Where Lords and Ladies titles still exist. I love how I got a glimpse of medicine in that era. This maybe fiction but it give me an idea about the field if medicine that time. The difference of being a physician and a surgeon is well demonstrated. As well as poverty being one of the greatest illness in the community. Knowledge is indeed a power and a weapon and it can either be a cure, or a poison, depending on how it was used. Again, it may be fiction but I can say it is really well researched because of the terms used. As a medical student myself, i find it accurate and enjoyable to see what I’ve been studying into a fiction book. I remember my Pharmacognosy subject in Hazel’s remedies using plants for medicine. I commend.
It also portrayed the struggle of being a medical student. The uncertainty, the self esteem, the feeling of being never enough, all was felt by Hazel, and I really relate to that. Portrayed as well is the beauty of being a physician, the felling of having of help to someone in need, and inspiring others, not to become a physician too, but to be grateful of life.
It is indeed a love story, dangerous, but beautiful. Sad, but I’m contented with the ending.
It was a good book. I enjoyed it and it was a good read as a break for my studies.
The story is set on a victorian timeline? Where Lords and Ladies titles still exist. I love how I got a glimpse of medicine in that era. This maybe fiction but it give me an idea about the field if medicine that time. The difference of being a physician and a surgeon is well demonstrated. As well as poverty being one of the greatest illness in the community. Knowledge is indeed a power and a weapon and it can either be a cure, or a poison, depending on how it was used. Again, it may be fiction but I can say it is really well researched because of the terms used. As a medical student myself, i find it accurate and enjoyable to see what I’ve been studying into a fiction book. I remember my Pharmacognosy subject in Hazel’s remedies using plants for medicine. I commend.
It also portrayed the struggle of being a medical student. The uncertainty, the self esteem, the feeling of being never enough, all was felt by Hazel, and I really relate to that. Portrayed as well is the beauty of being a physician, the felling of having of help to someone in need, and inspiring others, not to become a physician too, but to be grateful of life.
It is indeed a love story, dangerous, but beautiful. Sad, but I’m contented with the ending.
It was a good book. I enjoyed it and it was a good read as a break for my studies.