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August 18, 2022

REVIEW: All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsdeath / grief / investigation / journalist / Memoir / murder / non-fiction / philosophy / SuicideComments Off on REVIEW: All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell

A deeply compelling exploration of the death industry and the people—morticians, detectives, crime scene cleaners, embalmers, executioners—who work in it and what led them there. We are surrounded by death. It is in our news, our nursery rhymes, our true-crime podcasts. Yet from a young age, we are told that ... more >

August 5, 2022

REVIEW: Rebecca of Salerno by Esther Erman

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsbook adaptation / Crusade / discrimination / female doctor / First-Person / gender inequality / Historical / Italy / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / medieval / murder mystery / Rape / rape survivor / Suicide / violence against women7 Comments

This book continues the story of Rebecca from Walter Scott’s 1820 novel Ivanhoe. The Ivanhoe backstory: Jewish women in medieval England do not fall in love with Christian knights like Ivanhoe. Neither do they heal knights from battle wounds. But Rebecca does both—and nearly pays with her life. Rescued by ... more >

July 21, 2022

REVIEW: Sorry for Your Loss by Kate Marshall

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsabortion / death / England / hospital / mental illness / mortician / non-fiction / Suicide2 Comments

Following Kate Marshall’s first year in the mortuary at a north of England NHS hospital, with each month exploring the people she meets, in life and death, as well as her own growing awareness of life behind the veil. Meet Mr X. Found in his apartment months after his death, ... more >

June 10, 2022

REVIEW: Riding the Lightning: A Year in the Life of a New York City Paramedic by Anthony Almojera

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / first responder / health care / mental health / New York City / non-fiction / paramedic / SuicideComments Off on REVIEW: Riding the Lightning: A Year in the Life of a New York City Paramedic by Anthony Almojera

The education of a New York City EMS worker, whose tales of tragedy and transcendence over a single year culminate in the greatest challenge the city’s medical first responders have ever faced: COVID-19 As a seasoned medical technician and union leader, Anthony Almojera thought he understood the toll of the ... more >

June 8, 2016

REVIEW: Shut Out by Kelly Jamieson

KaetrinA- Reviews / Recommended Readscollege / Contemporary / hockey / New Adult / rape culture / sexual-assault / Suicide6 Comments

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Trigger warning: Suicide, sexual assault and rape culture are all discussed in the book and in the review below. Dear Kelly Jamieson, I’ve had a bit of a mixed reaction to your books. Some of them have been excellent and some… not so much. Still, the wins have been well ... more >

May 16, 2015

REVIEW: Vanished by E.E. Cooper

JiaC- Reviewsfemale friendship / Harper Collins / infidelity / LGBTQIAP+ / missing persons / Suicide / Young-Adult1 Comments

Dear Ms. Cooper, There are books whose endings leave you breathless with their brilliance. There are books whose endings make you nod and say that was decent. And then there are books whose endings make you wonder what the heck did you just read. I’m sorry to say Vanished belongs ... more >

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