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brooklyneden's review against another edition
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
3.25
hiimsera's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
alicebme's review
5.0
I felt really weird and off-kilter reading this, like I knew all these secret things about being dead that nobody else knew. I like knowing these things, but maybe I'll read some YA before tackling the Galbraith.
kaitlouise94's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
teatonic's review
4.0
Very interesting and amusing read, although a bit too much detail about who she spoke to, where does this person work, how much things cost, etc., as it often happens when journalists write pop sci books.
What I did indeed mind was the insensitive way (or simply ignoring the issue) with which the experiments on live animals were addressed. There are too many of them and they are too cruel to make jests about. I think when abuse is mentioned the authors shouldn't stay impartial, and should condemn the behavior, instead of passing it off as a necessary part of life. I guess if it was a more serious read I wouldn't mind the ambivalence, but the author's personality comes out with amusing remarks she makes, so I didn't like that her opinion didn't come out when mentioning the abuse and torture, which also feels confusing and perhaps a bit insulting that this is a comical take on death, and that I should be laughing all the way while reading how they cut off dogs' heads and reattached them to other dogs while keeping them alive.
What I did indeed mind was the insensitive way (or simply ignoring the issue) with which the experiments on live animals were addressed. There are too many of them and they are too cruel to make jests about. I think when abuse is mentioned the authors shouldn't stay impartial, and should condemn the behavior, instead of passing it off as a necessary part of life. I guess if it was a more serious read I wouldn't mind the ambivalence, but the author's personality comes out with amusing remarks she makes, so I didn't like that her opinion didn't come out when mentioning the abuse and torture, which also feels confusing and perhaps a bit insulting that this is a comical take on death, and that I should be laughing all the way while reading how they cut off dogs' heads and reattached them to other dogs while keeping them alive.