Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson

13 reviews

bessadams's review

informative lighthearted medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Medical content, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Dementia, Terminal illness, and Chronic illness

Minor: Pregnancy

hpbanana's review against another edition

funny informative slow-paced

4.25

I really enjoyed this one, I definitely learned a lot about the human body. Mostly random facts I’ll end up spouting at some point but I’m here for it. Bryson walks you through the body starting in the brain, working through the body and its processes and eventually death. He explained different discoveries about parts of the body and in different areas of medicine and kept it entertaining with a variety of anecdotes; most comical in nature but ranged from inspiring to downright horrific. I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a better understanding of the human body as a whole but not looking to read a dry, long winded medical article. 

I will say I didn’t like his use of the term “Western world” (which he used frequently) as I felt it often implied some sense of superiority to industrialized wealthy nations over less industrialized, less wealthy nations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Medical trauma, Medical content, Chronic illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Cancer, and Death

gemstonejasper's review

hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

My coworkers have started to hate this book because I came in everyday after reading a bit of it with fun (and not so fun) facts about the body. But regardless of what they think, I really enjoyed the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Dementia, and Death

deerlordxx's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Terminal illness

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring relaxing slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Grief, Dementia, Drug use, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

nefariousfondue's review against another edition

funny informative medium-paced

5.0

Bill Bryson can deliver dry facts in the most fascinating of ways. He'll simultaneously instill a hypochondriac urge in you while also making you laugh out loud. He knows exactly which facts are interesting and which ones are important. If you have even a passing interest in the human body, pick this book up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Dementia, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Chronic illness

simixfe's review against another edition

funny informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Dementia and Cancer

Minor: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Chronic illness, Blood, Terminal illness, Death, Cancer, and Alcoholism

maddox22's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Excrement, Death of parent, Drug use, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Cancer, Child death, Dementia, Blood, Ableism, Chronic illness, and Death

dracovulpini's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Medical content

Minor: Terminal illness, Medical content, Dementia, Blood, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, and Death

mscalls's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Infertility, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicide, Animal death, Death, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Dementia, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Misogyny