Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Wszystkie podłości nauki. Morderstwa, oszustwa i kradzieże popełniane przez naukowców by Sam Kean

15 reviews

_dasbrot's review against another edition

dark informative fast-paced

2.0

for the most part, this book was alright. it had some interesting chapters — especially the one about the guy who set Russian biology back 50 years, and the Appendix. 
but...the way its written makes some chapters (e.x. the one about Edison and Tesla) very hard to get through because you can't tell whether it was written with actual bias or if that was just the tone, something i found incredibly frustrating. 
he used outdated and racist terms about indigenous people to "stay true to the time" the stories were in, which i felt was unnecessary. 
also the chapter that talked about sex and gender did not mention nonbinary people and used he/she instead of they, so while it handled it okay overall, it was lacking for a book that came out so recently. 
there was also a use of "schizoid" and "OCD" as adjectives to call something "crazy", etc. which is was incredibly disappointing and ableist. 

overall, i don't think i would reccomend it to anyone, but i didn't have a completely bad time reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racial slurs, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Torture, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Miscarriage and Mental illness

use of ableist and racist terminology where it was unneeded

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

challenging funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Here are some non coherent thoughts on this book as my brain is still reeling from it and the appendix…

The transitions between chapters and delightful little paragraphs that are reminiscent of the “next time on…” that follow tv shows 

Kean’s sense of humour, sarcasm, and wit shine through on occasion to bring some relief when talking about such a serious topic. 

I appreciate that the section breaks in each chapter are little pictures of objects that relate to the content of each chapter. 

The book starts off “easy” talking about pirates but then hits you with the trans Atlantic slave trade. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Transphobia, Torture, and Slavery

Moderate: Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Genocide, Murder, Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Torture, Suicide, War, and Toxic relationship

clarabooksit's review against another edition

dark informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Dysphoria, Xenophobia, Violence, Torture, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Classism, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Genocide, Colonisation, Child abuse, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism

livdelrosso's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Mental illness, Dysphoria, Torture, and Pedophilia

reviewsandreadathons's review against another edition

dark funny informative sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Medical content, Ableism, Death, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Transphobia