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japarto's review against another edition
2.0
The Ghost Map started strong with descriptions of the London filth and scrappy jobs in chapter one. From there, the book was not nearly as interesting. There wasn’t enough of a story to fill the book or, if there was more, this author didn’t capture it. There were interesting facts inserted throughout the book that felt disjointed and meandering. Then, the epilogue turns into a plea to move toward a “city-world” while also arguing that this will open urbanites up to more terrorism or bombs. It felt the epilogue was that the author really wanted to write and that the story of cholera was more a tool to get to this end.
contagion5's review against another edition
4.0
If you want a crappy book about sewage and disease... this isn't it.
cyndireadsbooks's review against another edition
2.0
I was genuinely interested in the story of the epidemic, but the book was not what I expected. It's as if the writer had author ADD. The topic meanders, and about a quarter of the book is literally the conclusion and it draws far fetched conclusions that have relatively nothing to do with the actual supposed subject of the book. This is more a theoretical study of pandemics than a case history. It was a labor to finish this book.
tracyreally's review against another edition
5.0
Best book about cholera I’ve ever read! I learned a lot about human waste, miasmatists, and how people are very stuck on their beliefs and are unwilling to accept evidence that contradicts it.
whitaar's review against another edition
4.0
Most of the book is five-star historical science thriller. Unfortunately he chose to end it with a 50 page ode to urbanization. Four stars...