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Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin by Megan Rosenbloom
5 reviews
dexkit10's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Body horror, and Death
Moderate: Classism, Grief, and War
greatexpectations77's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Medical content
Moderate: Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Antisemitism, Blood, Classism, Murder, War, Violence, and Xenophobia
Minor: Racism, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, and Toxic relationship
If you think this is going to freak you out, it likely will, but it's not gross just to be gross.metaphorsandmisc's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Medical content and Blood
Minor: War and Racism
talonsontypewriters's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Gore, Murder, Blood, Antisemitism, Racism, Medical content, Body horror, Death, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Misogyny, Animal death, Genocide, Child death, War, Sexism, Suicide, and Slavery
Minor: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Sexual violence
Descriptions of the Holocaust and other acts taken/beliefs espoused by the Nazi Party throughout WWII era. Descriptions of tanning process and related topics, of both animal and human skin. Discussion of medical ethics and violations thereof, including desecration of corpses. Mostly allegorical mentions of sexual violence/rape.cryptidkay's review against another edition
4.5
50 pages in I'd had a page of notes, my own copy in the mail, and several imaginary conversations I'd like to have with the author. Librarian to librarian conversations.
The book and author's death-positive look at the practice of anthropodermic bibliopegy is fantastic. Rosenbloom matches my awe and fascination with these books while acknowledging the issues surrounding their conservation, curation, and creation; the classist origins of the practice and the medical field that made it popular, how the nazis were never actually involved (Whaaaat?), and how we as a contemporary society can deal with death better.
Rosenbloom's work is easy to read and easy to follow. My only wish is that this be republished as an illustrated edition so the reader can see some of the specimens and examples (especially of the beautiful reading rooms) she references in the text.
Moderate: Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Sexism
Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, and War
This book is explicitly about books bound in human skin. Often the skin is not taken with a person's consent and is taken by a person (usually a medical "professional") in a place of power. Also there's a whole chapter on concentration camps and WWII.