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jennay's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder
Minor: Torture, Blood, Excrement, and Cannibalism
coco78337's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
jonie_rich's review against another edition
4.75
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
haunted_klaus's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, Excrement, and Medical trauma
hyeetles's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
roadki77's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
bronzemist's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Blood, and Medical content
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Gore, Excrement, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
tpal_'s review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Blood, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Excrement, Cannibalism, and Car accident
Minor: Abortion
solenodon's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Racism, Excrement, Cannibalism, and Murder
Minor: Death of parent
jhbandcats's review against another edition
5.0
Dead bodies have all sorts of potential futures. At a funeral home they can be embalmed, cremated, or dissolved via aquamation. Donated to science, they can work in med school anatomy labs, be subjected to crashes to analyze car and airplane safety, decompose naturally to assist forensic scientists in determining time of death, or be used in surgery continuing education classes.
Roach details the history of dead bodies, including stories on Burke and Hare's murder and grave robbery scheme and the first anatomy classes. She talks about failed whole head transplant operations; body composting; and bullet, bomb, and landmine studies to improve body armor. Her curiosity drives her to ask unexpected and occasionally inappropriate questions.
I think Mary Roach is a fabulous author. I'm glad I reread this fascinating book. She has taught me so much that I likely couldn't learn elsewhere. I can't recommend this highly enough.
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail