Reviews with content warning for Death - Die fabelhafte Welt der Leichen

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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adventurous funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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heathermarie08's review against another edition

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informative slow-paced

3.0

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a_sleepy_berry's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious slow-paced

2.0

The science is really interesting but super traumatizing at the same time.

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challenging dark funny informative medium-paced

5.0

Gosh this was such an interesting book! I absolutely love the bit of humor that was infused throughout--that paired with the morbid subject matter was so very much up my alley. I learned so much and am thinking about death and what happens to our bodies after we die in such totally different ways. I did have to keep reminding myself that this book is like 20 years old at this point, but still.

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challenging dark emotional informative slow-paced

2.25

NOT what I was expecting but still very interesting. Certainly has me rethinking what I'd like to have done with my remains. I'm glad Body Worlds was mentioned, albeit very breifly, because I went to that exhibit just after high school and have never forgotten that experience.

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3.75

This is an excellent book. It does indeed lose some of its rhythms in the second half, but it's still very interesting. I enjoyed it, even on the parts I was grossed out!

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3.0

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