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A review by libraryofbees
The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetuated in the Name of Science by Sam Kean
informative
slow-paced
3.0
I was really enjoying this audiobook until about 60% but it gradually started to lose me and I found myself only listening to just get it over with. I love medical/science history and I think the Kean did a decent job exploring the ethics of medicine and its scientists. HOWEVER I could not take the (what felt like constant) podcast plugs by the author. I think it was even more jarring due to listening to it rather than reading physically. Maybe I could have ignored it better that way, but towards the end I swore if I heard one more plug I was going to lose it.
Overall, I liked it. Not my favorite medical/science history book, but decent enough.
Overall, I liked it. Not my favorite medical/science history book, but decent enough.