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A review by caitie95
Blood: A Biography of the Stuff of Life by Lawrence Hill
3.0
Well, this book definitely didn't go as I expected when I picked it off the library shelf!
This book isn't really a science book, despite giving the outward impression of it. About half the time is spent with the author waxing on about racism or sexism in some way. It is about blood, but more in a how it is seen in a societal way, and over time, rather than it's make-up and function (though this is touched upon).
It was interesting to read, if a bit random, just not what I was expecting. There is one thing I hated about it though. It mentions Harry Potter and claims he is a 'half blood' because his mother was a muggle, when actually she was muggle-born. Surely anyone who's read the books knows that!
This book isn't really a science book, despite giving the outward impression of it. About half the time is spent with the author waxing on about racism or sexism in some way. It is about blood, but more in a how it is seen in a societal way, and over time, rather than it's make-up and function (though this is touched upon).
It was interesting to read, if a bit random, just not what I was expecting. There is one thing I hated about it though. It mentions Harry Potter and claims he is a 'half blood' because his mother was a muggle, when actually she was muggle-born. Surely anyone who's read the books knows that!