Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Hot Zone by Preston, Richard Preston

25 reviews

kristasorocks's review against another edition

medium-paced

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Medical content, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Excrement and Sexism

reading_under_covers's review against another edition

5.0

Just as intense and terrifying as it was when I first read it a decade ago. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Gore, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal death

katkat1's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

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

calimie's review against another edition

informative tense medium-paced

4.25

A must-read on virology on the early decades of ebola and on how to defend yourself against an outbreak. 
It is a bit too dramatic at times (which ebola doesn't need!) and I could have done without so much family life of some of those involved. 
Extremely excellent final part and thoughts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Death, Terminal illness, and Blood

Minor: War

phantomgecko's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.0

Ebola certified terrifying. I don't really have much to say about this book. A few repetitive facts, but nonfiction be like that sometimes. Conclusions drawn at the end were interesting. While I don't think humans are a virus the earth needs to purge herself of, human hubris leading to the uncovering of deadly viruses is legit.

The military acting with little to no oversight and the author being in favor of it was a cool feature (derogatory).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Medical content

kalebdmitri's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Vomit, and Blood

a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition

dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Sexism

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