Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Immune: A Journey Into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive by Philipp Dettmer

4 reviews

bones_jackson's review

informative medium-paced

5.0

O jeito que ele explica as coisas conseguem ser engraçadas e muito fáceis de entender, e os desenhos também ajudam muito

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, Blood, and Cancer

weareinheritors's review

funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

4.5

I feel like I'm a college-educated immunologist ready to start diagnosing people right away (I'm joking). But Dettmer does an amazing job of simplifying incredibly complex biological processes—it's nonfiction but it reads as easily as any fiction book would.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, and Death

machen27's review

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

A comprehensive overview of the human immune system, with beautiful graphics that distills the essence of how our bodies work to keep us alive in a world full of hostile organisms, as well as the ways it can fail to do so. Dettmer favors telling a tractable story but is also very clear about when things are being simplified. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to everyone, though some of the language and imagery may not be appropriate for children younger than high school or so.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Blood

Minor: Violence

skylarkindareads's review

informative lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Medical content, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Chronic illness, Cancer, and Blood