Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

49 reviews

dionaeau's review against another edition

dark funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

A wonderful, humorous read about what happens after death. Well worth the read, even so long after being published. Descriptions in this book about various decomp stages as well as how bodies are handled and looked are quite graphic, which wasn’t a problem for me, but should be taken into consideration.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical content, Body horror, Blood, Cannibalism, and Death

emmettdakool's review against another edition

dark funny informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, and Blood

jonie_rich's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring slow-paced

4.75

I really loved this book, but I had to skip over the parts about the dog surgery (that is putting it sooooooo mildly). I recommend it, and I think it educates a very overlooked part of our lives as humans. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cannibalism, Child death, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Suicide, Medical content, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Animal death, Murder, Medical trauma, Torture, Car accident, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Excrement

haunted_klaus's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

2.0

The content was great, but the tone was all wrong. The puns, one liners, and double entendres all felt out of place and jarring in this context. It felt like sitting at funeral next to someone who couldn’t stop whispering jokes and snickering under their breath to lighten the mood. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Excrement, Medical trauma, and Animal death

hyeetles's review

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

a_sleepy_berry's review

challenging mysterious slow-paced

2.0

The science is really interesting but super traumatizing at the same time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Car accident

lw_69's review

challenging dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Blood

roadki77's review

dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Death, Car accident, and Animal death

bronzemist's review

dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gore, Child death, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Vomit

rachleigh251's review

informative

5.0

This book was exactly what I was looking for especially as a future funeral director. Roach’s writing was very enticing and it was hard to put down this book! The subtle hints of humor took some edge off the morbid topics and had me coming back for more each time I put it down. I’m definitely excited to read more of her books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, and Car accident

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Abortion