A review by vulveeta
The Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses by Paul Koudounaris

5.0

i kind of scoffed when i read someone's review claiming that the text left a little something to be desired, but they weren't wrong. it left me hungry for so much more. that said, what was there wasn't bad. insightful & concise, perfect to read in chunks. and the photographs! gorgeous. dreamy sigh goes here.

the text is ridiculously small and sometimes painful to read, especially black on dark red, but i'm not going to give the book a bad rating solely for that. just going to note that for anyone who has bad eyes.