Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Smak trucizny by Neil Bradbury

6 reviews

greenbean_1's review against another edition

informative lighthearted medium-paced

4.5

Fun read. Explains the science well for people who aren't scientists.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Drug use

Minor: Animal death

anniereads221's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Animal death, Death, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Medical content, Gore, Child death, Blood, Violence, Suicide, Sexism, Murder, Drug use, and Animal cruelty

lilawsahar's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.5

It doesn’t read like non-fiction which is a plus for me! It was informational but also talks about past poisoning cases which read like a fun lil story (if you thing true crime is fun haha). I will definitely read other books by this author! Loved his writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Murder, and Medical content

Minor: Drug abuse, Vomit, and Violence

trulydevious's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, Animal death, and Medical content

Moderate: Vomit, Child death, Drug use, Infidelity, and Violence

idun_aurora's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

I listened the audiobook through in one sitting while crocheting socks, feeling much like Miss Marple. Well-written and thoroughly researched!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Child death, Death, Drug use, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicide, and Terminal illness

mercurialbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative medium-paced

5.0

Thank you to NetGalley, HarperNorth and Neil Bradbury for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this book.

This book is brilliant, it would be difficult to find another that fits in with my non-fiction reading interests more accurately. Neil Bradbury is a Professor of Physiology and Biophysics and has written an excellent twist on the dry biochemistry textbook. Combining current biochemical knowledge, medical history and true crime I found each section absolutely fascinating and spent far too much time deep-diving the topics to eagerly discover more information. 

The eleven poisons are each given an exploratory chapter. There are stories of their origin and discovery, historical cases of their use, both as a poison and a medicine, and then the biochemical breakdown of how and why they work within the body. The authors sense of humour is also threaded throughout with a very British sarcasm and wit, which absolutely kept me smiling despite the macabre subject matter.

Go buy this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Medical content, Murder, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Alcohol, Mental illness, and War