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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Mary Roach

4.04 AVERAGE

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4.0

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4.5

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4.0

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3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

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4.0

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4.75

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This book was my gateway to the morbid. Roach’s lighthearted approach to death is refreshing and engaging. While some aspects are out of date, the book still inspires curiosity and reflection on a second read.