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Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind by Sue Black
27 reviews
sydthebee's review against another edition
5.0
If you like true crime but would fall asleep in an anatomy class, I will say that it can read like a textbook quite often. I still think you should give it a shot, though! Her experiences are so unique due to being in a position unlike many others.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
jacqui242's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
jessica_depariz's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexual violence, and Violence
emiliemmc's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
xread_write_repeatx's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Death
sheriffrockyraccoon's review against another edition
4.0
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.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
katerina_l's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation
m4rtt4's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Violence, and Excrement
Moderate: Child abuse, Torture, and Murder
Minor: Transphobia
alyssatuininga's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
stindex's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Abortion, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail