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"My heart is yours, Hazel Sinnet," Jack said. "Forever. Beating or still."

-Jack Currer, Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

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Immortality by Dana Schwartz (Book Review)

Summary

Alone and plagued by doubts about the surreal events of the past year, including encounters with immortality and mysterious vials, Hazel Sinnett grapples with uncertainty about Jack's fate and her sanity. Amidst the decay of Hawthornden Castle, she focuses on her medical duties until her arrest unexpectedly propels her into the role of Princess Charlotte's physician. Immersed in the intrigue of the British court, where secrets abound among the members of the clandestine Companions to the Death, Hazel realizes that her destiny as a surgeon entwines with the fate of the monarchy.

Thoughts

Hazel is living her dream as a medical practitioner, with aspirations soaring high. Reminiscent of the concept in "Death Becomes Her," she becomes the surgeon for a clique of immortal elites. However, it was disappointing that her cousin Bernard's life returned to its former state. I had hoped to witness him face some consequences for his actions. Despite my fondness for Jack and Hazel's relationship, I wouldn't have minded if she had chosen Simon instead.

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Anatomy: A Love Story

My 64th read of the year was Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz. This was another one I read on holiday (I did lots of reading on holiday, if all these reading updates didn't make that clear).

My 64th read of the year was Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz. This was another one I read on holiday (I did lots of reading on holiday, if all these reading updates didn’t make that clear). An attempt at summarising Hazel Sinnet doesn’t dream of being a lady, married and with children, she dreams of becoming a surgeon but in 18th Century Edinburgh, this is an impossible dream for a…

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REVIEW: Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“I'm not a fool, Jack Currer, no matter how you might think of me.” “Oh, I assure, Miss Sinnett, I've taken you for a lot of things, but a fool was never one of them.”

Hazel is a 17-year-old lady who wants to be a surgeon. Such a thing is not allowed, nor expected of a woman in the 1800s. Since birth, it was decided that she will marry her cousin Bernard, the future Viscount. She never minded the idea of it so much, as Bernard has always been kind and seemingly supported her fantasies. But her head has never been in marriage, but books of anatomy, surgical procedures, etc.

Jack is a resurrection man. He steals bodies from their graves and then sells them for profit to doctors and surgeons who wish to teach and experiment for the advancement of science. When Hazel is turned away from a lecture due to being a woman, she strikes up a deal with the prominent Doctor Beecham. If she is to pass the physician's exam without attending the courses, he will vouch for her and also enable other women to study as well. That's when she meets Jack as he begins to provide her bodies for studying purposes.

I loved everything about this story. It had the same vibe as The Alienist and The Frankenstein Chronicles (which I loved!). I really enjoyed Hazel as a character. She was sound-minded, and not irrational. I did not feel like she was annoyingly naive or too young in any way. Hazel was pushing the boundaries of her time. As an aristocratic young lady who is assumed to have a fragile mind and meant produce heirs, she did accomplish a lot!

I did find it funny that she was left to her own devices in her castle. Her staff was there to help her with anything she wanted. No chaperone to pay any attention to her either. She worked out of her castle's dungeon, studying dead bodies, having access to all her money that she used to pay for everything she needed. I thought it was fun, and not the usual constructs of a story in similar settings. I learned a lot too about how it was like back then in terms of health care and how it evolved into what it is today. I know the author researched and provided a decent portrayal of that time.

JACK 😭❤ I love Jack. Him and Hazel are the unlikeliest pair on the outside. But totally meant to be on the inside. Their interactions were sweet and meaningful, yet the romance was not the whole plot. I see now how Anatomy: A Love Story could mean both Hazel's love for human anatomy and also her relationship with Jack. CLEVER!

What a twist at the end, I really didn't see it coming! I CRIED. 🥲 It was the perfect fall read, and I can't wait to start the next book, Immortality!!

“My heart is yours, Hazel Sinnet. Forever. Beating or still.”🖤🖤

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In the sequel to Anatomy: a love story, Hazel Sinnet finds herself at the outskirts of society after taking up medical work in Edinburgh, but when the royal family experiences a strange malady of their own she finds a chance to prove herself to the world.

I really like the author's writing style and general storytelling ability, and while the book may have worked if it had forgotten Jack completely, his inclusion just muddied the plot.

Spoilers

After getting through halfway and thinking this is just a different story altogether, not involving Jack, I didn't mind. It was interesting to see Hazel naviagte London and her newfound fame. But her feelings for Simon and Jack's return just gave me whiplash. Not to mention that Jack was portrayed firstly as someone who had chosen to leave Hazel (only appearing back in the story after the 50% mark) only for the explanation to be that he saw her through a window and decided oh she's better off without me. Fine, that's what he chose but then he just gets back together with her anyway after telling her explicitly that he wouldn't. And then Simon is ... just there. Hazel has feelings for him? Or does she? I don't know anymore - she clearly doesn't either. She's always hot and bothered around him but then wait, actually- Jack's the one for her obviously.

I would like a Hazel Sinnet series- just her being a female surgeon, going about her way. This plot was too convoluted

Out: Feb 2023

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"My heart is yours, Hazel Sinnet," Jack said. "Forever. Beating or still."

-Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

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My thoughts on Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz (mild spoilers)

This was another book that I had a really hard time putting down, which says a lot considering it was a bit outside my comfort zone genre-wise. As a healthcare worker who once took great interest in the history of medical grave-robbing I had a fairly easy time connecting a lot of the dots as the mystery unraveled throughout this book, so this was a great way for me to dip my toes into mysteries.

I really loved the female protagonist, Hazel. I felt a personal connection to her, because I too was the weird girl who was strangely comfortable and even fascinated by blood and guts growing up. Thankfully I was born during a time where women are not restricted to just being a mother and wife, so I was able to freely pursue my dreams of working in medicine unlike Hazel who resorted to crossdressing to attend anatomy lectures.

Another thing that I really liked was that Hazel struggled with something I know a lot of healthcare workers struggle with, which is realizing that even though the goal is to save lives sometimes death happens. I actually cried during the scene when she first begins to feel this way. After delivering a baby she begins to come a realization that just as easily as she can help life enter the world her patients can also die at her hands. I instantly started sobbing, because days prior to reading those pages I had helped deliver a premature baby that ultimately did not survive. When patients don't make it healthcare workers often think about what we could have done differently to have changed the outcome, so I'm glad that I was able to see some of that in Hazel.

(ending spoilers below)

One thing I wasn't thrilled about was the ending of the book. I feel like Dr. Beecham's elixir was a deus ex machina of sorts, and up until that point everything was mostly realistic so it was hard to suspend my disbelief once that twist came up. I am hoping that there is going to be a sequel, because otherwise the ending really left too much unsolved as far as the status of Hazel's engagement to Bernard and what her plans for the future are with Jack.

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