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boldconfused's review
5.0
It fulfilled my morbid and somewhat gross curiosities. If anything I wish it was a little more gross. It did what I like for my nonfiction books to do, teach me something or expand on what I already know. It accomplished both.
redhairedashreads's review
4.0
This was a fascinating investigation into a variety of strange, gross, and morbid things about our bodies and the universe. Each chapter explores a different topic making it extremely easy to pick and choose what you want to learn about, or skip over if you are squeamish about some things.
Engelhaupt does a wonderful job at presenting these somewhat gross and sometimes taboo topics in very informative and fun ways that made learning about all these different things very enjoyable. I learned a lot of fascinating things about cockroaches, maggots, slugs, fecal transplants, misophonia, and so much more.
If you are interested in learning about gory science or some more morbid topics but don’t really know where to start, I would highly recommend this book. It was easy to read, amusing, and extremely easy to skip sections that may be too much for you, so all around a great adventure book in science.
fawning_over_books's review
dark
informative
4.0
Not for the faint of heart or week of stomach, but I learned a lot.
punkinelle's review against another edition
5.0
Fantastically informative! A great read for anyone interested in the macabre, taboo, and unknown parts of the world around, on, and within us.
arathenerd's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
If I could describe this book with two words, they would be “gross” and “introductory”.
Gross, because a lot of the topics here are. I guess it depends on you which you find to be worse, but personally the one about cockroaches getting into peoples ears and noses activated my fight-flight-or-self-destruct instincts.
Introductory, because Engelhaupt doesn’t dive too deep in any of these topics. This book is fun to get to know what’s out there in the world, but it won’t give you all the answers. It’s a good place to start, knowing the basics about something specific like, let’s say, poop transplants. But after that, you have to make your own research about poop transplants if you want more.
Gross, because a lot of the topics here are. I guess it depends on you which you find to be worse, but personally the one about cockroaches getting into peoples ears and noses activated my fight-flight-or-self-destruct instincts.
Introductory, because Engelhaupt doesn’t dive too deep in any of these topics. This book is fun to get to know what’s out there in the world, but it won’t give you all the answers. It’s a good place to start, knowing the basics about something specific like, let’s say, poop transplants. But after that, you have to make your own research about poop transplants if you want more.