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geojim's review against another edition
4.0
Excellent read. One of the pest on this topic. I only wish she'd written the book, ten years later, given all the advances in potential genetic control of mosquitoes.
pattydsf's review against another edition
3.0
I belong to two book groups and one of the reasons I do so is so that I can encounter books that I would never pick up otherwise. Occasionally, I don't like what my group reads, but I am rarely sorry for the opportunity to try something new.
I really had no interest in malaria. Once I realized that it was not a concern for my trip to Vietnam, I really didn't see any reason to learn more about this disease.
However, this was our discussion for November, so I thought I would try it. What I have learned is that malaria is a fascinating, stubborn and complicated disease. The way we get malaria, the parasite that causes it, the mosquitoes that transmit it - all of this is extremely confusing and constantly changing.
I read to learn, among other reasons. Sonia Shah certainly has educated me. Shad is a good author who writes well about science. She left me with a lot of questions, but I know so much more about this disease. I am glad to have learned more about malaria.
I really had no interest in malaria. Once I realized that it was not a concern for my trip to Vietnam, I really didn't see any reason to learn more about this disease.
However, this was our discussion for November, so I thought I would try it. What I have learned is that malaria is a fascinating, stubborn and complicated disease. The way we get malaria, the parasite that causes it, the mosquitoes that transmit it - all of this is extremely confusing and constantly changing.
I read to learn, among other reasons. Sonia Shah certainly has educated me. Shad is a good author who writes well about science. She left me with a lot of questions, but I know so much more about this disease. I am glad to have learned more about malaria.
radbear76's review against another edition
4.0
An excellent account of how Malaria has affected human beings and culture. Very eye opening about the challenges in treating the disease. It was also stunning to learn that people in Malarial countries regard Malaria the same way Americans regard the common cold. Definitely worth reading.
aubreystapp's review against another edition
3.0
Very interesting, dragged toward the end though, tbh I skimmed the last 50 pages or so.
jonas_gehrlein's review against another edition
4.0
The book is a good explanation of malaria both historically and how we are dealing with it today.
The criticism of modern behaviour towards is mostly that we simplify some problems and ignore finding out if all the nets we give to people help anyone and measure improvement by number of nets given and ignore how the nets aren`t used correctly. The book biggest defect is that it writes about malaria as some scheming villain that no protozoan is.
The criticism of modern behaviour towards is mostly that we simplify some problems and ignore finding out if all the nets we give to people help anyone and measure improvement by number of nets given and ignore how the nets aren`t used correctly. The book biggest defect is that it writes about malaria as some scheming villain that no protozoan is.
momey's review against another edition
3.0
honestly i was disappointed. i knew all this and i did not enjoy the style of writing.