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mpatterson610's review against another edition
2.5
This book was pretty dry, even for nonfiction. Also, based on the title and summary, I expected more of it to be about aging in animals and I feel like the animal talked about the most was lab mice? The animals mentioned in the summary were mentioned in the book but I don’t think they were as much of a focus.
And the summary does mention a man who fasted for a year but there’s actually a lot of discussion around fasting and dieting and different diets about 3/4 through the book.
Overall, I’m disappointed mostly because I don’t think the title and summary match the book I just read
And the summary does mention a man who fasted for a year but there’s actually a lot of discussion around fasting and dieting and different diets about 3/4 through the book.
Overall, I’m disappointed mostly because I don’t think the title and summary match the book I just read
coffeedragon's review against another edition
3.5
Why do nonfiction titles end up being so misleading sometimes?! This is the second time I start reading a book thinking it's going to focus on animals and it ends up being about people 😂
And as someone who is not interested in living longer, I've always been (slightly?) curious as to why people would want to prolong their lives... This book does give us some insight into information and theories for how to live longer, but how, in general, there are many things to take into consideration and how we haven't really found ways to counteract what aging does to the body (even though some animals have clearly cracked the code)
It was an ok read. I would be interested in reading more on the topic
And as someone who is not interested in living longer, I've always been (slightly?) curious as to why people would want to prolong their lives... This book does give us some insight into information and theories for how to live longer, but how, in general, there are many things to take into consideration and how we haven't really found ways to counteract what aging does to the body (even though some animals have clearly cracked the code)
It was an ok read. I would be interested in reading more on the topic
aruarian_melody's review
funny
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Picked this up by chance and had a good time with it. Interesting and entertaining, this book found a great balance of details and the big picture. While I personally don't care much for finding ways to live longer, the book contained many interesting things about how the human body works in general. I have a background in science but very little knowledge about biology, so this was a cool excursion. At times I felt like some nuance was missing, but overall the author did a great job.