Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Hot Zone by Preston, Richard Preston

8 reviews

caro6408's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Animal death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Vomit, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Medical trauma, Death, and Excrement

sonygaystation's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.5

I have a longer review writing itself in my brain but for now what I have to say is this: as an epidemiologist, this book felt much more sensational and trying to use ebola to generate attention via scare tactics. Preston is a very sensationalist and exaggerated writer, plus his viewpoints, word choices, and assumptions of character feel pretty Old-Ass White Man even for the early 90s

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Vomit, Death, Animal cruelty, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Sexism, Child death, Excrement, and Misogyny

Minor: Alcohol, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

allisonfigs's review against another edition

informative tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Chronic illness

ekcd_'s review against another edition

informative tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Blood, Terminal illness, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Vomit

archer3's review

dark informative inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

This is one of the most illuminating and intriguing books I've ever read. Preston's writing style is so engaging; I just couldn't put the book down. This work gave me a new appreciation for the microbes that surround us and it inspired so many questions that I spent a long time researching.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit and Excrement

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, War, and Gun violence

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexism and Death of parent

kelsyalexandra's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit and Excrement

Minor: Death of parent and Violence

eileenmccoy's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

4.5

Easily the most terrifying book I’ve ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, Medical content, and Vomit