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A review by swampkun
Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz
4.0
I would give this a 3.5/5 in reality, but I can’t be quite so specific on goodreads so I’ll bump the score up.
Overall, this was a fun, fast-paced, and heavily atmospheric novel that left me wishing the author had chosen to write it for older audiences instead of leaving it as a YA. While the protagonists felt decently fleshed-out, many of the side-characters felt like stock characters filling cliche roles, and the antagonists felt downright cartoonish. Similarly, the ending relied too much on the more fantastical (and cartoonish) elements of the story, and, much like the rest of the book, left me wanting for more.
That being said, Schwartz is an incredibly gifted writer and the prose and pacing were top-notch. It’s an entertaining, quick read that I’d highly recommend to teens getting into Romanticism and craving a fun, gothic romance filled with blood and cadavers.
Overall, this was a fun, fast-paced, and heavily atmospheric novel that left me wishing the author had chosen to write it for older audiences instead of leaving it as a YA. While the protagonists felt decently fleshed-out, many of the side-characters felt like stock characters filling cliche roles, and the antagonists felt downright cartoonish. Similarly, the ending relied too much on the more fantastical (and cartoonish) elements of the story, and, much like the rest of the book, left me wanting for more.
That being said, Schwartz is an incredibly gifted writer and the prose and pacing were top-notch. It’s an entertaining, quick read that I’d highly recommend to teens getting into Romanticism and craving a fun, gothic romance filled with blood and cadavers.