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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
funny
informative
medium-paced
Pretty interesting book about the history of using cadavers and the ways cadaver research has helped better our understanding of the human body and how to keep them safe.
It's a fairly funny book, surprisingly.
But, yeah, a solid book.
It's a fairly funny book, surprisingly.
But, yeah, a solid book.
i listened to the audio book and really enjoyed the narrator.
overall the book was pretty decent, the information was mostly interesting but sometimes the writing was pretty meh. i didn't really find her to be all that funny but i wasn't expecting to be laughing going into it so i cannot be all that mad about it.
what really bothered me was the chapter on cannibalism. she would make references to spiritual and deep practices without really digging into them (except for serving your own flesh to a sick loved one but that situation does not involve cadavers at all which is supposed to be the focus of the book). she also spent a long amount of time focused on her hunt to talk to these men who had supposedly been cannibals only to find out it was a hoax, spending a long time writing about herself as a silly tourist and not talking about corpses much at all. a lot of the chapter felt like a big wasted opportunity as she frequently chose to focus on things that little to do with how cadavers have contributed when that is supposed to be the focus of the book.
overall the book was pretty decent, the information was mostly interesting but sometimes the writing was pretty meh. i didn't really find her to be all that funny but i wasn't expecting to be laughing going into it so i cannot be all that mad about it.
what really bothered me was the chapter on cannibalism. she would make references to spiritual and deep practices without really digging into them (except for serving your own flesh to a sick loved one but that situation does not involve cadavers at all which is supposed to be the focus of the book). she also spent a long amount of time focused on her hunt to talk to these men who had supposedly been cannibals only to find out it was a hoax, spending a long time writing about herself as a silly tourist and not talking about corpses much at all. a lot of the chapter felt like a big wasted opportunity as she frequently chose to focus on things that little to do with how cadavers have contributed when that is supposed to be the focus of the book.
The writing was great, and the organization was mostly good, but I really admire the author’s penchant for storytelling. She picked great personalities to interview for this book, and she had some very interesting experiences. There were a few chapters I skipped, like about the medical cannibalism, but other than that, I enjoyed this book.
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