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Virology: Essays for the Living, the Dead, and the Small Things in Between by Joseph Osmundson
samantha's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
‘The problem wasn’t illness. The problem never is. Illness is a fact of life. The problem is our inability to provide care to all.’
clayton_sanborn's review against another edition
4.0
Effective admixture of microbiology, queer theory, and the personal essay
iguarnieri's review against another edition
3.0
unfortunately I just don’t think I was in the mood for this book. I admired the writing, particular essays about the archives, “virality” as a metaphor, mentorship, HIV, queer history and the way the author integrates cultural criticism. A bunch of the essays, particularly the longer ones, really dragged for me or were repetitive and I found myself skimming. He also does a lot of making up for his privilege that just made me roll my eyes and some lines were just unbearably corny.
curious what anyone who comes at this from a science background would think about how he communicated those concepts but generally this is a lot more cultural commentary than I expected.
curious what anyone who comes at this from a science background would think about how he communicated those concepts but generally this is a lot more cultural commentary than I expected.
oakwrought's review against another edition
4.0
excited to reread this as a book, feel like I will get a lot more out of it. I enjoyed the audiobook and thought it was well produced just having trouble focusing as of late
ingridjoylyn's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.25
panthalassa's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.75
mbrooks's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0