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    Anatomy: A Love Story
    Anatomy: A Love Story
    Anatomy: A Love Story
    Audiobook9 hours

    Anatomy: A Love Story

    Written by Dana Schwartz

    Narrated by Mhairi Morrison and Tim Campbell

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    About this audiobook

    This audiobook includes a bonus interview with the author.

    *INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*
    *INSTANT #1 INDIE BESTSELLER*
    *INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER*
    *A REESE'S YA BOOK CLUB PICK*

    Dana Schwartz’s Anatomy: A Love Story is a gothic tale full of mystery and romance.

    Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry.

    Jack Currer is a resurrection man who’s just trying to survive in a city where it’s too easy to die.

    When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist’s Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr. Beecham’s lectures for being the wrong gender, she realizes that her new acquaintance might be more helpful than she first thought. Because Hazel has made a deal with Dr. Beecham: if she can pass the medical examination on her own, Beecham will allow her to continue her medical career. Without official lessons, though, Hazel will need more than just her books—she’ll need corpses to study.

    Lucky that she’s made the acquaintance of someone who digs them up for a living, then.

    But Jack has his own problems: strange men have been seen skulking around cemeteries, his friends are disappearing off the streets, and the dreaded Roman Fever, which wiped out thousands a few years ago, is back with a vengeance. Nobody important cares—until Hazel.

    Now, Hazel and Jack must work together to uncover the secrets buried not just in unmarked graves, but in the very heart of Edinburgh society.

    Editor's Note

    Full of cadavers…

    Schwartz — who ran the satirical Twitter accounts @GuyInYourMFA and @DystopianYA and hosts the podcast “Noble Blood” — effortlessly blends her varying interests in this gothic, feminist love story full of cadavers. Hazel is determined to become a surgeon, and enlists the help of resurrection man Jack, as they both try to survive and stop the Roman Plague. A Reese Witherspoon book club pick for fans of the macabre and My Chemical Romance.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateJan 18, 2022
    ISBN9781250840578
    Anatomy: A Love Story
    Author

    Dana Schwartz

    Dana Schwartz is a television writer and the creator of the number-one charting history podcast Noble Blood. As a journalist and critic, Dana has written for Entertainment Weekly, Marie Claire, Glamour, GQ, Cosmopolitan, Vanity Fair and more. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, and their cats Eddie and Beetlejuice. Her books include Choose Your Own Disaster, The White Man's Guide to White Male Writers of the Western Canon, and Anatomy: A Love Story.

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    4/5

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    What our readers think

    Readers find this title to be a fine book with engaging characters and a brilliantly narrated story. While some found the beginning slow and the ending disappointing, others enjoyed the historical Gothic tale and Hazel's determination to become a surgeon. The book is recommended for a wider audience, despite being classified as YA. Overall, it is an entertaining and unique story with some predictable and trope-ridden elements.

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    • 3/5
      First, I don’t know if my app had a problem or if the audiobook was just poorly edited, but some chapters(quite a lot actually) began at the middle of a track, some paragraphs were completely cut out… the audiobook experience was not pleasant at all !

      As for the content of the book, I was expected a bit more, considering all the hype that book got. It was still an entertaining story. I was surprised by the end.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 1/5
      This was one of the most absurd books I’ve ever read. There were so many unlikely things. I won’t mention them because I don’t want to be one of those jerks who writes a review with spoilers. I’m all for suspending disbelief for fiction; but for that to be done, the author needs to provide some strong rope from which to suspend your disbelief. The author did not. At least we had a real good laugh over it at book club. The narrators were good, the book was beyond bad.
    • 4/5
      I wasn't sure what to expect out this book I mainly picked it because I love the cover. But I loved it! Such a unique story!
    • 5/5
      I loved the history woven into this story and Hazel's determination to become a doctor/surgeon despite it being looked down upon. Can't wait to read the second book!
    • 3/5
      That's it?! No board of physicians exam? No revenge on the monstrous surgeon? what of Hazzeles parent's reaction to what she had done with their house?
      This book reminded me of Aurora Leigh's story; thankfully the female character didn't marry her cousin but I can't tell if she completely fulfilled her ambitions.
      the first part of the book was rather slow and then there were parts of the story that needed more details/explanations in the second half.
      Overall it is a fine book but I was tempted to DNF it when I started it... give it some time=)
    • 3/5
      So at first the book starts off slow then it picks up about halfway through into the book. I enjoyed Hazel and her passion in wanting to be a surgeon. This book was a historical Gothic tale of a female/male version mash up of Frankenstein with a twist in my opinion with some romance thrown up in the mix.
    • 3/5
      Sadly this audiobook version was glitching the entire time, with large chunks of the story missing. This made for a very disorienting listening experience.

      The story itself was not bad, but I found the ending quite disappointing.
    • 5/5
      Characters are great, and the story brilliantly narrated. Even though it’s classified as YA, it has a much wider audience. Would recommend
    • 2/5
      Audio book narration was great! sadly the book was a huge flop for me
    • 3/5
      A nice read though a bit predictable and trope ridden.
    • 5/5
      Such an engaging read. The ending took my breath away!