Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Stecchiti: Le vite curiose dei cadaveri by Mary Roach

37 reviews

librarianeno's review against another edition

dark funny informative medium-paced

3.75

This book was both disgusting and yet oddly satisfying and informative. There is very vivid description of dead bodies and cadavers and of what people do with dead bodies and cadavers. But I learned a lot about the death industry. I love Mary Roach's writing style. This book was written in 2003, so I'm going to be doing some research on what is happening with the composting of cadavers. There's also a discussion of a flesh-eating bacteria as a way of composting humans I want to know if it has developed more or gone by the wayside. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

yetilibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative sad slow-paced

2.5

I needed to read a book on a subject I knew nothing about. Cue Mary Roach's book about cadavers! The good: I did learn a lot about cadavers, and about science done with cadavers. The bad: sometimes there was an ick factor, and about half the time, the "ick" factor was an ethical one, rather than a body-horror one. The "more bad": there are a lot more animals in here than I was expecting, and a lot of those animals are ... not cadavers. Honestly, I wish I had picked a different book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Murder

mjadeh's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Medical content

Moderate: Animal death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

pagesonfire's review against another edition

challenging dark informative lighthearted reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail

vale_reading's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Xenophobia and War

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

coco78337's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

besidemyshelf's review against another edition

funny informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

emmettdakool's review against another edition

dark funny informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

jonie_rich's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring slow-paced

4.75

I really loved this book, but I had to skip over the parts about the dog surgery (that is putting it sooooooo mildly). I recommend it, and I think it educates a very overlooked part of our lives as humans. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

hyeetles's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail