Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases by Lydia Kang, Nate Pedersen

2 reviews

librarymouse's review

challenging informative fast-paced

3.0

This was an enjoyable read for the most part, though it was probably not the best life choice, in terms of the constantly thrumming anxiety in the back of my mind, to continue reading this after being exposed to covid. I couldn't always make sense of the way chapters transitioned into each other and the book did end somewhat abruptly. But I did learn things!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Blood, and Classism

queenbeemimi's review

funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

3.5

I found some aspects of this book light on information but that’s a feature, not a bug— with little vignettes like these, you’re not getting a book’s worth, but the few pages are quality. Often shocking or hilarious, this is a good entry point for those curious about the subject. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, and Vomit