Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

69 reviews

rachbake's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical content, and Death

a_sleepy_berry's review against another edition

challenging mysterious slow-paced

2.0

The science is really interesting but super traumatizing at the same time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Car accident

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

informative lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Gore

booksbyantheia's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

This is an excellent book. It does indeed lose some of its rhythms in the second half, but it's still very interesting. I enjoyed it, even on the parts I was grossed out!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Animal death, Violence, and Gore

lw_69's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Blood

roadki77's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Death, Car accident, and Animal death

leanneymu's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

If you're squeamish, this is not the book for you. But if you can get past chapter 3 (decomposition) then this is a fascinating and funny read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, and Body horror

bronzemist's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gore, Child death, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Vomit

shieldbearer's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

at time comedic at times reflective and somber, this is an excellent read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Child death, Gore, Classism, and Medical content

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Violence

sophiemartin's review against another edition

This book is a non-fiction account of an author exploring the different ways a human body donated to science can be used. The information in the book is incorrect, the humour while talking about graphic topics is jarring, and it is clear the author has not done their research correctly and throughly. I could not spend any more time reading the blatant disregard for fact checking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Death, and Medical trauma