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Animal Vegetable Criminal: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
4 reviews
cherrycoloredphoenix's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
informative
fast-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gore
oliviaclaire's review against another edition
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
On June 26, 1659, a representative from five towns in a province of northern Italy initiated legal proceedings against caterpillars.
I'm trying to remember the last time a book, especially a non-fiction book, had me in stitches from the first page. I kept handing it off to my husband to read various paragraphs I'd just finished so I had someone to share my laughter with.
I've enjoyed previous books by Mary Roach like Packing for Mars and so I had a good idea that I'd also like Fuzz but I hadn't expected to be so thoroughly entertained. From bears done for breaking and entering to monkey mayhem in the streets of India, this book does a fantastic job of highlighting the humour in animal-human conflict while taking the time to explore the effects of human habitation on our natural world. As I'm sure you might have suspected, we're usually ultimately the ones at fault...
All in all, Fuzz is a quick-witted and thought provoking read that I thoroughly recommend if you want to learn, and laugh, a lot.
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal death and Gore
meganpbennett's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
informative
medium-paced
2.5
Fuzz was my first Mary Roach book, and it's an interesting look at animals who break human laws. I found that the writing was very much aimed at fiction readers, and was much more pop than science. I also found the emphasis on how to kill various "problem" animals unnecessary and would have like far more history than the book gave.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, and Vomit
laurel616's review against another edition
While it was not a bad read, I was struggling to feel like I wanted to continue reading.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Gore
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