Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Das Geheimnis der körperlosen Füße: Geschichten von der dunklen Seite der Wissenschaft by Erika Engelhaupt

13 reviews

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative medium-paced

5.0

This book was so much morbid and interesting fun 😅 I learned so much, and Blaine is already so sick of me spouting off random, weird facts about everything from fatbergs to maggot farms and from head transplants to poop. The intro says how you can read it all in order or just read a bit here and there which is super true, but man is it fun reading them back to back in order precisely because they're so random 😅 Highly recommend for those who aren't squeamish.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Murder

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

funny informative medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Torture, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Misogyny, Excrement, Blood, Cannibalism, and Ableism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, and Child death

If you can think of something that grosses you out, it's probably at least mentioned in here. Particularly significant descriptions of insects, parasitic and other infections/illnesses, necrophilia (mainly in animals), and urine and other bodily fluids. Some casual cissexism.

alxjasper's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Excrement, Medical content, Cannibalism, Animal death, Medical trauma, and Death

princessdana36's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, Animal death, Body horror, Excrement, Mental illness, and Gore

booksandgore's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Cannibalism, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Body horror, Excrement, Medical content, and Murder

siobhanward's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

3.5

 This was every bit as gross as promised - sometimes gross enough that I had to put the book down for a few minutes to let my stomach settle. I liked the variety of topics that were covered, but I'll be honest that at times I struggled with how much Engelhaupt jumped around in topics. It felt like I was just starting to get into a topic and then suddenly was whipped to another. I did appreciate that Engelhaupt kept stressing how unlikely how some of these scenarios are, which definitely made some things easier to stomach.

I'm not sure if I'm just getting tired of the pop science genre - I think a few years ago I may have loved this book more, but these kinds of short form science books meant to shock you are starting to become overdone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Cannibalism and Animal death

dreamy_demon's review against another edition

dark informative lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, Death, Excrement, and Gore

haleybre's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, Body horror, Death, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Excrement, Incest, and Vomit

peachani's review against another edition

informative lighthearted medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Medical content

Moderate: Death

Minor: Murder and Animal death

weeta's review against another edition

funny informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Excrement, Gore, and Medical content