The Resurrectionist
A. Rae Dunlap
Read May 2024
Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.
Set in Edinburgh in the 1820’s, an aspiring surgeon abandons his life in the high society of London to pursue his dreams, but after coming into financial troubles he ventures into the unorthodox life of grave digging/body snatching.
I loved the premise of this story. Based in real life events, and in the case of a few characters actual people that lived and breathed this life. I knew little about the history of body snatching but reading this has sent me down a bit of a rabbit hole as it’s absolutely intriguing!
I loved the macabre feel of this story, the visual descriptions made it so easy for me to imagine myself right there in dreary Edinburgh. The character development for James was great, but my favourite has to be Nye. His intellect, charisma and obsession with science really was so entertaining.
I felt the romance between James and Nye was cute, it added some depth to the story and made some scenes even more tense because of it. I will say the start of the book was a little slow for me, entertaining but not gripping. However the plot twist in the middle really sets the pace for the rest of this book and had me desperately reading to find out what happened.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a book on the darker side, there’s some macabre humour, obviously a lot of death and gore mentioned but if you are remotely interested in science, history or just dark subject matter this books right up your street!
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