Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science by Erika Engelhaupt

7 reviews

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

funny informative medium-paced

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Gore, Body horror, Death, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Torture, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Misogyny, Excrement, Blood, Cannibalism, and Ableism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, and Child death

If you can think of something that grosses you out, it's probably at least mentioned in here. Particularly significant descriptions of insects, parasitic and other infections/illnesses, necrophilia (mainly in animals), and urine and other bodily fluids. Some casual cissexism.

alxjasper's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Excrement, Medical content, Cannibalism, Animal death, Medical trauma, and Death

princessdana36's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, Animal death, Body horror, Excrement, Mental illness, and Gore

siobhanward's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

3.5

 This was every bit as gross as promised - sometimes gross enough that I had to put the book down for a few minutes to let my stomach settle. I liked the variety of topics that were covered, but I'll be honest that at times I struggled with how much Engelhaupt jumped around in topics. It felt like I was just starting to get into a topic and then suddenly was whipped to another. I did appreciate that Engelhaupt kept stressing how unlikely how some of these scenarios are, which definitely made some things easier to stomach.

I'm not sure if I'm just getting tired of the pop science genre - I think a few years ago I may have loved this book more, but these kinds of short form science books meant to shock you are starting to become overdone. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Cannibalism and Animal death

peachani's review against another edition

informative lighthearted medium-paced

2.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Medical content

Moderate: Death

Minor: Murder and Animal death

surefinewhatever_'s review against another edition

challenging informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.5

I learned a lot about gross things while listening to this book. The chapter that sticks out to me the most is the one on skin mites 🥵 and listening to the chapter about facial recognition/face blindness, made me do a bunch of quizzes to see if I’m a Super Recognizer, and honestly, I really think I am. Though I refuse to use my powers for evil working with cops and commit to using them for good (by interrupting movies to tell you what else that actor has been in!) Also had BIG feelings about the chapter regarding roaches & roach inspired robots because lord knows those are going to be used for mass surveillance and other nonsense. Informative, gross, and weird with solid narration. My biggest beef with text was largely the authors implied pro-cop/pro-criminal “justice” system sentiments. But all in all, an interesting read.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Gore, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal death and Cannibalism

jan_coco_day's review

dark funny informative mysterious fast-paced

4.5

---

Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Cannibalism, and Mental illness