Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach

7 reviews

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

readerette's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative medium-paced

5.0

My other favorite Mary Roach book is Stiff for its highly practical knowledge and guidance related to matters of human dying and cadavers. This book is now tied for favorite because of its similarly practicality, providing tons of context on and insight into various animal control methods and their effectiveness and consequences over time and around the world. 

I found myself laughing at Mary's anecdotes and asides (seriously, do not skip the footnotes) and crying about the deaths of all these "vertebrate pests" she researched for this book as well as the ongoing efforts of various humans to find the balance between acceptance and control. 

I want to give this book to my tween brother because he loves this sort of niche/dark knowledge (he has always loved reading about disasters, for example), but there are a few too many adult subjects his parents would object to at his age (ejaculation, copulation, details about pain related to killing methods, etc).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Medical content, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

cait's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Violence

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.

zalouis's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Car accident and Violence

booknerdbetty's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Excrement, Body shaming, and Violence

cyan_altaria's review against another edition

funny informative

4.5

This book is absolutely hilarious! It manages to be informative about animals and ecology while still being an entertaining read.  Mary Roach's wit and humor makes this book a joy to read.

Who do I recommend this book to: People who like biology, ecology, and humor
Will I read more by Mary Roach: Absolutely

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Violence

Minor: Murder