Reviews tagging 'Death'

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach

19 reviews

daniellekat's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

2.75

This started off strong, but by the halfway mark things started to roll downhill. There were lots of interesting little nuggets along the way, but generally the author centered herself within the content too much. The theme fell apart in the second half of the book and Roach took on a judgmental stance that was off-putting as a reader. I think the writing was ok. It was a bit too descriptive for me but I can see how her writing creates an approachable feel for non-fiction. There were some sections that ranged from fairly biased to down right ignorant that the author never acknowledged (especially as a middle-aged western white woman in foreign places and cultures) that made me question Roach's credibility on a whole. I might give this author another chance, I've heard better things about her earlier publications, but I can't say I would recommend this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Colonisation and Forced institutionalization

acebookwyrm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Animal cruelty, Death, Vomit, and Animal death

sr_marshrat's review against another edition

challenging funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I picked this up expecting laugh-out-loud-funny: thieving primates and avian vandals. There's a little of that, but Roach also covers the heavier side of human-animal conflict. Roach never makes-light of or trivializes the scenarios she spotlights, recognizing that the non-human animals are rarely at fault, while also handling human upset with deft sensitivity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Death and Injury/Injury detail

tomasalbanez's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

3.75

Very interesting and fun to read! Ends up being more about "the ways to deal with wild animals" than about people suing crickets for the destruction caused to their crops. Coexistence is not only the best way to deal with these animal hazards but, apparently, the only one that shows good results.
The book draws itself out a bit lo ger than I'd like, but it might be cause I read the e-book version.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Excrement

Minor: Child death, Death, and Car accident

kcbatts's review

informative medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Death

Moderate: Child death

natgeographic's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing and Animal death

Minor: Death

another_dahlia's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Excrement, Murder, Animal death, Child death, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

dreamdoughnut's review against another edition

funny informative medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Death

Minor: Blood, Excrement, Genocide, Violence, and Vomit

Focuses on heavily on removal. Most mentions are somewhat lighthearted or at least pragmatic. I skipped the Killing with Kindness chapter about humane killing because it was too intense for me.

kerttuli's review against another edition

funny informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Animal cruelty

meganpbennett's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative medium-paced

2.5

Fuzz was my first Mary Roach book, and it's an interesting look at animals who break human laws. I found that the writing was very much aimed at fiction readers, and was much more pop than science. I also found the emphasis on how to kill various "problem" animals unnecessary and would have like far more history than the book gave. 

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Content Warnings

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