I started the book and got 40% through and honestly I was going to give it 3 stars but the ending literally made me change my mind. I absolutely love his accuracy and his determination to really relay facts for facts without avoiding his emotions. I think the ending when he described his PTSD really humanised who he is. He isn't affected by the dead and it really shows that despite his trying to escape from anything emotional for him to really truly reach a good understanding and caring for his work he had to deal with emotions. I think Dr. Shepherd's dad's explosive anger contributed to his PTSD and the end of his 1st marriage but also probably the selfish desires in their marriage. Just speculating. Fantastic read although it does get tedious at times.

As a German, I found it difficult to understand the languages at some points. Since I love true crime, I picked this up and it was super interesting! I gave it only 3 stars because I felt like sometimes the structure of the story was a bit off, especially the time jumps and passages to explain thing in the middle of a case. All in all, I enjoyed getting to know this work, different cases and I loved reading about 'weird' things like the reactions of the human body after death.