A review by iguarnieri
Virology: Essays for the Living, the Dead, and the Small Things in Between by Joseph Osmundson

3.0

unfortunately I just don’t think I was in the mood for this book. I admired the writing, particular essays about the archives, “virality” as a metaphor, mentorship, HIV, queer history and the way the author integrates cultural criticism. A bunch of the essays, particularly the longer ones, really dragged for me or were repetitive and I found myself skimming. He also does a lot of making up for his privilege that just made me roll my eyes and some lines were just unbearably corny.

curious what anyone who comes at this from a science background would think about how he communicated those concepts but generally this is a lot more cultural commentary than I expected.