Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

70 reviews

iaraya's review against another edition

dark informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Gore

Minor: Car accident and Child death

Detailed discussion of dead bodies and decomposition, bodies taken apart via dissections or for research (eg as crash test dummies). Explicit descriptions of plane crashes and the injuries/deaths sustained.

toobendy's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

3.0

You need to have a certain kind of comedy to write jokes about death and this author doesn’t have it. I think I thought a single joke was kind of funny. It would have been more enjoyable if she just told me about the body farm like an adult instead of a preteen seeing something icky for the first time. She’s a journalist ffs

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma

anna_m_k's review against another edition

dark funny informative fast-paced

4.5

Funny, informative, but ultimately respectful of the dead, this is a fascinating read. There are some sections, such as the one on medical cannibalism, that I felt were more on the irreverent side of irreverent humor and required a bit more seriousness. But overall I recommend the book to anyone who is curious about the many ways cadavers are, and have been, used in science and some alternative options to burial and cremation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Medical content, and Gore

five's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Excrement, and Grief

chetofuor's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death, Gore, Medical content, and Medical trauma

finn's review against another edition

challenging funny informative fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Death, Gore, and Grief

alylentz's review against another edition

funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Excrement, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, and Vomit

readerette's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative slow-paced

4.5

She makes a few statements that are really about her personal morals rather than anything scientific or journalistic, but aside from that, this is a delightful book. It is not as gory or gag-inducing as I anticipated (chapters 10 and 11 being the most egregious for me). If you've never read other articles or books, or watched shows or films about dead bodies, this book might present a challenge for you, but the humor and relatability of the author's journey to understand cadavers helped me to keep reading and learning and not get distracted by morbid themes or thoughts.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Gore and Cannibalism

thedinosaurkid's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

This was an amazing book. The science was great and very easily digestible. Even thought its a book about death it was very light hearted and even funny at times. 

If you would like to read this book, keep in mind that it was written in 2003. Roach uses some language that probably wouldn't be used today such as calling people "jews" and other similarly upsetting things. It doesn't seem like she had bad intentions but its just something you should be weary of when enjoying this book. 

Chapter 10 was very gross and interesting. 4.5/5 stars :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death of parent, Chronic illness, and Cannibalism

jourdanicus's review against another edition

funny informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Medical content