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Нелепая смерть. Загадочные и трагичные истории из практики патологоанатома
Michelle Williams
3.61 AVERAGE
64 reviews for:
Нелепая смерть. Загадочные и трагичные истории из практики патологоанатома
Michelle Williams
3.61 AVERAGE
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
dark
funny
informative
medium-paced
A world unknown to many
I wanted to learn about a world i think people are afraid to confront. I am now a bit wiser and it's given me a better insight into why do many of us are afraid of death. All of our facades are stripped away when we die. For many that is hard to imagine. I'm thankful to people like Michelle who do this incredible hard job. You have to close off your emotions to do your job but also be so empathetic to the deceased 's family.
I wanted to learn about a world i think people are afraid to confront. I am now a bit wiser and it's given me a better insight into why do many of us are afraid of death. All of our facades are stripped away when we die. For many that is hard to imagine. I'm thankful to people like Michelle who do this incredible hard job. You have to close off your emotions to do your job but also be so empathetic to the deceased 's family.
As one who works in this field, I loved seeing this profession represented! Not for the faint of heart, however. If you don’t like reading about decomposing bodies and all the various types of ways one can die, don’t read this.
On a whim, a 30 year old woman interviews for a job as a morgue technician and is offered the position. She takes it because it seems like the right sort of job for her, and ends up fascinated with the work. This covers some of the things she saw and dealt with during her first year on the job.
The book is rather interesting but I feel the author spends too much time going off on tangents. Yes, I understand that a writer might want to include a bit of their personal life to round out a book like this, but pages and pages talking about how many bars she went to is unnecessary, as is the better part of a chapter talking about the anxiety she felt leading up to a (voluntary) certification test. Admitting you're nervous is fine, but expounding upon how you had your mom accompany you to the big city for a test makes us lose faith in you as a mature adult.
The book is rather interesting but I feel the author spends too much time going off on tangents. Yes, I understand that a writer might want to include a bit of their personal life to round out a book like this, but pages and pages talking about how many bars she went to is unnecessary, as is the better part of a chapter talking about the anxiety she felt leading up to a (voluntary) certification test. Admitting you're nervous is fine, but expounding upon how you had your mom accompany you to the big city for a test makes us lose faith in you as a mature adult.
informative
slow-paced
".. I suppose it's because you come to appreciate that death is the one thing certain in life and just hope that, when the time comes, you embrace it with dignity."
I'm very behind the times on picking this one up! I didn't realize it was published in 2010. I'd be very curious to read about Michelle's experience now (if she's still in the industry.)
The style of writing read like Michelle was my friend telling me about her new job and the weekly post-mortems, along with the ramblings of Clive in the office. This was a very informative and interesting look into the death industry. It's a little unsettling to realize that we will all go through this one day, one way or another, but can only hope that someone like Michelle, Clive, or Graham will be the ones to take care of us and our loved ones, with the respect we all deserve.
I rated this 3 stars because there was a lot of information about the author that I felt took me out of the story, and felt like filler.
I did entirely skip Chapter Seventeen as it was about an infant's death so please avoid that chapter if necessary for you.
I'm very behind the times on picking this one up! I didn't realize it was published in 2010. I'd be very curious to read about Michelle's experience now (if she's still in the industry.)
The style of writing read like Michelle was my friend telling me about her new job and the weekly post-mortems, along with the ramblings of Clive in the office. This was a very informative and interesting look into the death industry. It's a little unsettling to realize that we will all go through this one day, one way or another, but can only hope that someone like Michelle, Clive, or Graham will be the ones to take care of us and our loved ones, with the respect we all deserve.
I rated this 3 stars because there was a lot of information about the author that I felt took me out of the story, and felt like filler.
I did entirely skip Chapter Seventeen as it was about an infant's death so please avoid that chapter if necessary for you.
Very British, mildly interesting story about a 30-something choosing to be an apprentice mortician...very different from how it's done in the US. Some of the stories will shock and disgust the uninitiated; but I've read this stuff before and it didn't faze me.
This was an enjoyable quick read about the life of Michelle Williams, who takes a job as a mortuary tech in a British Hospital. Short chapters with just enough detail to tell the stories of the dead, but not enough to gross out the reader.
This is an intriguing, entertaining and honest account of life as a mortuary technician written during Williams' first year in the job following a change in career and a good bit of luck. She is open and honest throughout the book and through her stories and those of her colleagues shows the work she and other technicians like her in a clear light, not shying away from anything (including the joys of the decomposing dead). The writing isn't spectacular but as Williams is not a natural writer this is expected and she does write as herself without trying to be something she's not, which is a pleasant change from some biographies out there. Overall this is a really interesting read that gives a warts and all look into mortuary life and the characters that come through their doors.