Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson

14 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

katrinarose's review

informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.0

Interesting but nothing mindblowing. A nice systematic review of the body and its functions for someone who doesn’t know anything on the topic, with some fun historical context of various discoveries sprinkled in. My favorite (although most depressing) part was probably when the author discussed statistics for how bad healthcare in America is and compared to various other countries.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Fatphobia, Dementia, Cancer, Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, and Death

voldycat's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Medical content

Moderate: Terminal illness and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Suicide and Child 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

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

kaya_g's review against another edition

funny informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Minor: Terminal illness, Dementia, Death, Drug use, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Child death, and Cancer