Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson

4 reviews

littlewishling's review

funny informative medium-paced

5.0

A really thorough and interesting exploration of the human body. Written in a really accessible way. I was disappointed that there was no acknowledgment or discussion of intersexuality when talking about puberty but otherwise really good.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Gore, and Body shaming

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

lovely_lisa's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Chronic illness, Dementia, Gore, and Medical content

junefish's review

challenging funny informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Blood, Body horror, and Medical content

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Medical trauma, Dementia, Suicide, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Mental illness, Gore, Excrement, and Drug use

Minor: Transphobia, Misogyny, Miscarriage, and Fatphobia

The book does not acknowledge the existence of transgender or intersex individuals.