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angus_mckeogh's review
5.0
Great book to start the year on. 5 stars. Should be required reading for every vaccine denier, religious zealot, general hater of anyone with a different lifestyle, or any combination thereof. Wright pulls no punches and has great hopes for mankind. Look at history people. We can’t really afford to repeat it.
ktmp2112's review
5.0
This is one of the best books I have read in a really long time! I HIGHLY recommend!!!!!
a_reader_obsessed's review
5.0
5 Stars
No one is more shocked than I for thoroughly enjoying this because I don’t even come close to being a history buff nor even the occasional dabbler in various such things.
To put it succinctly, the real terror is the devastation disease can wreak on the human population, and this highlights some really truly scary awful times and what went oh so wrong but also thankfully, what went right.
To say the least, this was highly entertaining in all its gory horror. It was delivered with smarts, humor, and wit, throwing in pop culture references and apt comments, never making this a tedious lesson to be learned but one that was fascinating in all its revelations.
Wholeheartedly recommended, this was a rare gem indeed!
No one is more shocked than I for thoroughly enjoying this because I don’t even come close to being a history buff nor even the occasional dabbler in various such things.
To put it succinctly, the real terror is the devastation disease can wreak on the human population, and this highlights some really truly scary awful times and what went oh so wrong but also thankfully, what went right.
To say the least, this was highly entertaining in all its gory horror. It was delivered with smarts, humor, and wit, throwing in pop culture references and apt comments, never making this a tedious lesson to be learned but one that was fascinating in all its revelations.
Wholeheartedly recommended, this was a rare gem indeed!
ixthus68's review
4.0
What an interesting book! Here is what I liked:
The length and design of the chapters
The crafting of the stories around each plague.
The authors humor, primarily sarcasm
The way the book moved me emotionally-usually in very sad ways.
What I learned
Here is what I didn’t like:
The author’s humor. Sarcasm wears on you if done too much or not right on point.
The book could move me so much that I had to stop listening to process what I was hearing.
I learned so much reading this book. I also enjoyed how an author with a much different slant of her politics challenged my thinking in good ways
The length and design of the chapters
The crafting of the stories around each plague.
The authors humor, primarily sarcasm
The way the book moved me emotionally-usually in very sad ways.
What I learned
Here is what I didn’t like:
The author’s humor. Sarcasm wears on you if done too much or not right on point.
The book could move me so much that I had to stop listening to process what I was hearing.
I learned so much reading this book. I also enjoyed how an author with a much different slant of her politics challenged my thinking in good ways
lazy_raven's review against another edition
5.0
Almost ironic that this book was published 2 years before Covid-19 was taking over our lives. Loved how this isn't just a nerdy book, the author puts in their own opinions in a creative way. I now have a few books she referenced that I now want to read. Also the audio narrator is stellar (as expected from Zackman).