Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson

24 reviews

bookybadger's review against another edition

funny informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Blood, Addiction, Dementia, Drug use, Grief, Infertility, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide

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.

beccaand's review against another edition

funny informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

Reading stuff like this always makes me wonder why I don't read non-fiction more often.
Really interesting read, discussing not only the body and how it functions but also the weird, wonderful, and sometimes confusing stories behind all the little discoveries along the way.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Dementia, Medical content, and Vomit