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jacqui242's review against another edition

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5.0

Sue Black’s deep expertise and dry humour make for a most engaging read. She writes beautifully, with colourful anecdotes and thought provoking insights.

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emiliemmc's review against another edition

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dark funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0


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emilythegrumpy's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0


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gabbyreynolds's review against another edition

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dark informative mysterious medium-paced

5.0


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xread_write_repeatx's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0


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raineydayreads's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.25


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sheriffrockyraccoon's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I love biological anthropology so when this book was recommended on my Tiktok, I knew I had to read it! Sue Black is clearly passionate about her work and this book is a love letter to her profession.

Parts of this were definitely more memoir than textbook, which is a good and ok thing for me. I liked it for how personable it made the story, but it also sometimes affected the pacing and made me wonder how certain cases could possibly be related to the body parts being discussed. It is also a very difficult read in terms of content, I had not read the trigger warnings beforehand and wish I had as there are very sensitive topics in this book.

I would recommend this book to fans of true crime and anatomy, although I am definitely more of the latter rather than the former (which did affect how I felt about some of the content). This is also a great read for anyone interested in science and research in general.

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4.0


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m4rtt4's review against another edition

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4.5

this is the side of true crime that I am the most interested in!! so fascinating.

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4.5


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