Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

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

lawmixitup's review

informative fast-paced

4.0

Overall a great read. Some things I would personally change (for instance there is a description of how someone dies by suicide) and at least one factual error I noticed but overall entertaining and informative. I'm terrified of prions now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicide, Medical content, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Religious bigotry, and War