12/13/2023 0 Comments Anatomy a love story by dana schwartzIt's called "a love story", but the love story didn't begin until 45% or something. To be honest I have almost given up hope when reading the first part. I wasn't in such a good place back then, so I genuinely had to read SOMETHING which would stop me from thinking. I needed 4 months to read the first half of the book, 3 days for the other part. So if that's your thing, you should definitely pick this book up. It's fun, there's history and also cute romance (which is not at all overdone). Seeing as to how long this review is turning out to be, I'll have to cut short here and just tell you that I loved the book. I get super excited when I find a book that I've read mentioned in another book that I'm reading. Also, the Potterhead in me couldn't help loving the references to the Philosopher's Stone. I personally loved all the history of the medical advancements of that era, starting from success of vaccination to the initiation of heart transplant. The best part about the book was that inspite of dealing with such heavy topics, the tone was light and at some points downright hilarious, ensuring that it's an easy read for both young and adult readers. It also highlights the disparity between the rich and the poor, and Schwartz points us to every aspect of life where it becomes apparent, be it medical attention or a proper send off after death. Schwartz has beautifully described the dominance of men over women and how certain professional fields were strictly restricted to men and women were actively discouraged from pursuing those fields. It addresses some of the important social issues prevalent in the Regency era. But it would be an injustice to call the book just a love story, because it is so much more. Set in the early 1800s Edinburgh, Anatomy, is a young adult fiction with the classic rich girl-poor boy trope. She would be a surgeon, a teacher, a witch - a cautionary tale told in threat to trembling debutantes before the coming-outs. "Maybe she could become a midwife, the mad lady in a tiny cottage in the woods with a stocked apothecary of roots and herbs and foul-smelling teas, who helped women in need. There are lots of puzzling incidents in the story, the threads of which never get tied up completely, and knowing that there is another book in the series, I am all in anticipation mode to know the progress of this love story which was hardly a love story.Īnatomy, book #1 in the A Love story series is historical fiction with gothic flavors and fantasy elements woven through it. Her intense desire to study medicine and become a surgeon and her ability to use textbook knowledge to treat patients secretly, everything about her endears her to the reader. Hazel’s character is another factor in the book that I absolutely loved. It makes one think of the predicament of the doctors and surgeons of that era who had to resort to these illegal means to make strides in the medical field. The historical era is captured so brilliantly and the gothic overtones add a kind of brooding atmosphere that every time Jack as a resurrectionist goes to a graveyard, I was walking in his footfalls and experiencing the same terror he was going thru. Hats off to the designer.Īnatomy by Dana Schwartz is an extremely riveting tale, the author having the extraordinary ability to transport the reader to the exact setting of the story and endure the emotional upheavals of its characters in the dark and forbidding atmosphere. And once you read this story, you realize how aptly the image has been conjured capturing everything and more, that the author has conveyed. First and foremost, let’s talk about that striking cover image of a heart at first glance and on deeper scrutiny reveal the woman with a bent head and the dress that is spread out.
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