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3.35 AVERAGE
3.35 AVERAGE
The book started off great with excellent descriptions of people, places, and things involved in the business, but towards the middle it seemed to lose focus and developed a rambling tone.
I really enjoyed reading this book. It made me really change my thinking on death and the after parts. It starts off a bit gruesome with the details of decomp. But once you get past that it really is hard to put down!
I found the author's jock/Maxim style extremely grating, and his liberal use of quotes to be downright annoying, but the book eventually won me over. At times it seemed like a thinly veiled advertisement for Aftermath, Inc., but there was just enough substance to keep things interesting. I was more interested in the science and methodology of crime scene clean-up, while the book focused more on the human aspect. Not a bad thing, just not quite what I expected.
If the book had been all.about the subject matter it would have been a good book, because the parts that were about the crime scene cleanup business were good. But this author is kinda self-absorbed and liked to go on useless tangents either amir himself or to show off various tid bits he knew
Welp. I think two cleaning-up-crime-scenes books is enough for me. I vastly preferred this to [b:Mop Men|5962425|Mop Men Inside the World of Crime Scene Cleaners|Alan Emmins|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1312021151s/5962425.jpg|6135277]—Aftermath, Inc. felt considerably more focused—but there's only so much blood/guts/gore a girl can take.
Reavill doesn't get super deep into the nitty-gritty of how people clean up after crimes (and non-criminal deaths, and so on and so forth), but he does detail a number of the situations that lead to the need for these services, and...yikes. Makes me glad that there are people who know how to do that work, and also hopeful that I'll never have cause to give them a call.
I think I'd rather stick with books about forensic anthropology and morticians and the like, although why I find that more appealing I have no idea. Still, if you have a bit of morbid curiosity and a strong stomach (I don't recommend reading this while eating)...this is worth a go.
Reavill doesn't get super deep into the nitty-gritty of how people clean up after crimes (and non-criminal deaths, and so on and so forth), but he does detail a number of the situations that lead to the need for these services, and...yikes. Makes me glad that there are people who know how to do that work, and also hopeful that I'll never have cause to give them a call.
I think I'd rather stick with books about forensic anthropology and morticians and the like, although why I find that more appealing I have no idea. Still, if you have a bit of morbid curiosity and a strong stomach (I don't recommend reading this while eating)...this is worth a go.
Written by a crime writer (he usually writes for Maxim magazine) this insight in to what happens AFTER the crime was interesting to me. I have often wondered how the family deals with cleaning up after the worst day of their lives. I can't put in to words how devasting that idea must be. Yes, Aftermath is a commercial enterprise, and they do make money, but more than that, they offer a service that is so desperately needed.
I like reading about the crimes. I am a little off, part of what makes me a good CSI, but I also liked getting more of the back story. We don't always get that part of the story, and usually, we don't want it. Knowing how someone lived can help with the case, but it also can hinder how we do our job.
I like reading about the crimes. I am a little off, part of what makes me a good CSI, but I also liked getting more of the back story. We don't always get that part of the story, and usually, we don't want it. Knowing how someone lived can help with the case, but it also can hinder how we do our job.
dark
informative
reflective
medium-paced
I liked the subject matter but found the book a bit choppy.
This book is an amazing look at who cleans up after traumatic crimes. It opened my eyes to many different situations that I never really thought about. While definitly not for the squeemish, an interesting read. Much like Mary Roach's "Stiff". The author mixes a lot of facts and interesting bits of humanity into his writing, from quoting the Grateful Dead to miscellaneous trivia. If you've ever wondered about what happens after crime, or how the company "Aftermath" was started, you'll get a lot out of this book. If you'd rather believe blood evaporates, and all goes back to normal after crimes, that's ok too- just don't read this book!