Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science by Erika Engelhaupt

4.08 AVERAGE

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bessadams's review against another edition

3.5
funny informative fast-paced
I already knew about the feet washing up on the US/Canada border, and about the miniatures that were used to help train crime scene analysis! I ~think~ I'd have enjoyed this book better if there were fewer chapters, and each was abled to be expanded on more. Also why did she talk to so many people at A&M?? I knew we had a body farm nearby, but... 
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katestar99's review

5.0
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This was an amazing book! The writing is funny and engaging. There is so much interesting information in here!!!
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rody_lamoree's review against another edition

4.0
challenging funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

ghost_reader20's review

4.0
adventurous funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

beleef's review against another edition

3.25
informative lighthearted medium-paced
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islandbird13's review against another edition

5.0
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This book was so much fun! It takes you on a journey through weird, wild, gross, and random science. 

ixmael's review against another edition

4.75
funny informative fast-paced

dekmetal's review against another edition

4.5
challenging dark funny informative fast-paced

chaterbox87's review against another edition

2.5
slow-paced
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alexisrwebb13's review

5.0
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Gory Details, A book I picked up by cover alone. Thanks to the Morbidly Curious Book Club™ pick for March 2025. 
 
Science reporter Erika Engelhaupt Shares her insight after diving into the gross strange and morbid observant of our bodies and beyond. 
 
I Love the set up of this book and how it is broken out into a plethora of categories. Steeped in science and facts. I could not put this book down. 
 
This book was very easy to read and wrote in such a way that was not mundane. Definitely an overview of different topics that one could dive more into. 
 
I Loved Erica’s humor in this book the gory topics at hand. The questions that were asked in this book really made one ponder. 
 
The insect chapters were quite eerie and not my favorite, but very taboo and I love how the author brought a different perspective to this. 
 
What being curious Is all about and how we benefit from such curiosities.