Reviews tagging 'Death'

Die fabelhafte Welt der Leichen by Mary Roach, Michaela Grabinger

126 reviews

dionaeau's review against another edition

dark funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

A wonderful, humorous read about what happens after death. Well worth the read, even so long after being published. Descriptions in this book about various decomp stages as well as how bodies are handled and looked are quite graphic, which wasn’t a problem for me, but should be taken into consideration.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical content, Body horror, Blood, Cannibalism, and Death

jchinzi's review against another edition

funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child death and Animal death

emmettdakool's review against another edition

dark funny informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, and Blood

jonie_rich's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring slow-paced

4.75

I really loved this book, but I had to skip over the parts about the dog surgery (that is putting it sooooooo mildly). I recommend it, and I think it educates a very overlooked part of our lives as humans. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cannibalism, Child death, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Suicide, Medical content, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Animal death, Murder, Medical trauma, Torture, Car accident, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Excrement

gellyy's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death

haunted_klaus's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

2.0

The content was great, but the tone was all wrong. The puns, one liners, and double entendres all felt out of place and jarring in this context. It felt like sitting at funeral next to someone who couldn’t stop whispering jokes and snickering under their breath to lighten the mood. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Excrement, Medical trauma, and Animal death

roquinn's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful informative lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

Fascinating, amusing, and informative. A good read that is well paced and extremely well-researched 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

madwoman16's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative medium-paced

5.0

everything you wanted to know about corpses. a dark delight. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

hyeetles's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

particledamage's review against another edition

funny informative medium-paced

3.75

A book about death that could make you smile. While the text is blunt about the nature of death and the nature of bodies in the wake of death, it never actually demeans the dead and instead gives them honor and humanity even in the wake of their sometimes absurd fates. It's funny without pushing too hard on what is or isn't appropriate and manages to cram a lot of eye opening information into the book without feeling overwhelming or too dense. 

This book is a friendly hand walking you into what the "afterlife" looks like for your meat sack and I do not regret grabbing it and holding on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death