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The Ghost Map: A Street, an Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban Networks by Steven Johnson
ted_funsten's review against another edition
4.0
The story dragged in places, but had a wealth of fascinating detail about London's history, the development of cities and public health issues. Listing the topics makes them sound a bit drier than they were. Johnson starts out with a look at the bone-pickers, mud-larks and other scavengers that became part of Victorian London, then goes into other issues of removing waste from the city. Fascinating details like that are scattered through the book.
joyce409's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
The story is interesting, and the epilogue is intriguing if a bit dated at this point.
angus_mckeogh's review against another edition
3.0
Pretty good. I’ve already read a book by Kneale called Sweet Thames which was a fictional account of this very incident so I almost felt as if I’d read the book before. Fairly fascinating epidemiology considering what’s currently taking place, as well as, the conclusion covers future pandemic issues (albeit from a 2006 perspective) which was relevant.
jordanmayne's review against another edition
1.0
DNF: far too much fluff, clearly just trying to fill pages by waxing lyrical about irrelevant things.
arnoldad1's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25