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The Sawbones Book: The Hilarious, Horrifying Road to Modern Medicine: Paperback Revised and Updated for 2020 by Sydnee McElroy, Justin McElroy
3 reviews
nat20charisma's review against another edition
informative
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
3.75
I’ve been a listener to the podcast version for a long time. While this was a decent audiobook, I think the information is more enjoyable as a podcast or read as a physical book. The jokes feel TOO scripted in the audiobook compared to the usual flow of the podcast and it was a little off putting.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical trauma, Blood, Body horror, and Medical content
Minor: Vomit
archaena's review against another edition
dark
funny
informative
fast-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia
Historical Grossness and bigotry generally acknowledged by the authors in the texthanarama's review against another edition
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.0
The Good:
- Funny
- Beautiful illustrations
- Lots of varied information
The Bad:
- Basically just the podcast in book form.
You Might Like this if You Like:
- Medical history
- Comedic nonfiction
If you listen to the Sawbones podcast, this is very much just that but in book form. The biggest downside for me is that this book touches on so many topics that it is unable to go as indepth as the podcast does.
The highlight of the book is definitely the illustrations by Teylor Smirl. For Sawbones listeners, their artwork is perhaps the main reason to buy this book.
For people that have never listened to Sawbones, this book serves as a good intro to the series. There is a lot of interesting history included, and there are a lot of good jokes.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Drug use, Excrement, Medical content, and Medical trauma
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