Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach

81 reviews

caljmarr's review against another edition

informative lighthearted medium-paced

Enjoyed this, some really fun facts there, and lots to think about. However, left a really sour taste in my mouth when the author used the sp*z slur for no reason. Wish she hadn't done that!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Ableism

ireadinbed's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful informative slow-paced

4.5

I love Mary Roach's style. Every book is a joy and this one has kept me busy for months!

I loved the subject matter, learmed a lot and had to question some if my biases. 

Would be a 5 except i could not read more than a chapter at a time and i started avoiding it. Wish i hadnt started it with my kid because i think it slowed me down. 

But i am so glad i finished because i got a ton out of it, including laughs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, 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

koplomps's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative slow-paced

2.5

A very interesting and informative read, but also so slow, and filled with so much unrelated chatter about somebody's clothes etc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

readingrainboww's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

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

charlatte_lee's review against another edition

challenging funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

sshinesea's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

bookbrig's review against another edition

funny informative medium-paced

3.0

Some really fascinating anecdotes and I love the footnotes in her work as always. This was a relatively quick read, and I think I might have preferred the audiobook, but I'm not sad I read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

mechameowru's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty