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4.07 AVERAGE
4.07 AVERAGE
funny
informative
reflective
fast-paced
A fun book that skims through a lot of interesting, gross, and taboo subjects. I use "skims" here deliberately; none of the short essays delves very deeply into its topic, just gives a surface-level overview. I'd recommend this book for being a short and interesting read, but you'll have to turn to other sources to get deeper information.
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
funny
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
adventurous
funny
informative
fast-paced
informative
fast-paced
dark
funny
informative
fast-paced
Informative, witty and humerous- learning while laughing at its best
funny
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
Intriguing, educational, but also just a funny, quick read, which is sometimes hard to come by with scientific nonfiction. It’s an excellent introductory book to all things weird and scientific—kind of like Mary Roach (whom the author admits is a favorite of hers), but a little faster paced with a slightly higher-level of detail. I did learn quite a bit about a lot of random things. For example, the many ways flies could potentially contaminate a crime scene or even plant an innocent person’s DNA…with their poop. And a really horrifying, yet hilarious story involving decaying rats in a ceiling that belies one of apparently many ways having an older house in the northeast US can totally fuck you in a way that might keep your home from ever really feeling clean again.