Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson

3 reviews

ambaright's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Excrement

Moderate: Child death and Grief

kalebdluca's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Excrement, Gaslighting, Grief, Gore, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Vomit

lezzieborden's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

3.75

Pretty good, interesting look into a specific moment in medical history. As it was written in 2006, the last chapter, where the author discusses modern technology’s potential in public health, is very outdated, and his comparisons of Victorian London to the 21st century are similarly 15 years out of date (insisting that you can’t even imagine how they would have felt as an epidemic became part of everyday life, with rumors and misinformation and an alternating numbness and anxiety— unfortunately, Steven, I can imagine). That said, the passage of time isn’t his fault, and the human story of Dr. Snow and the reverend still holds up and is well-written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Excrement, and Medical content

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Grief, and Terminal illness