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A review by teatonic
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
4.0
Very interesting and amusing read, although a bit too much detail about who she spoke to, where does this person work, how much things cost, etc., as it often happens when journalists write pop sci books.
What I did indeed mind was the insensitive way (or simply ignoring the issue) with which the experiments on live animals were addressed. There are too many of them and they are too cruel to make jests about. I think when abuse is mentioned the authors shouldn't stay impartial, and should condemn the behavior, instead of passing it off as a necessary part of life. I guess if it was a more serious read I wouldn't mind the ambivalence, but the author's personality comes out with amusing remarks she makes, so I didn't like that her opinion didn't come out when mentioning the abuse and torture, which also feels confusing and perhaps a bit insulting that this is a comical take on death, and that I should be laughing all the way while reading how they cut off dogs' heads and reattached them to other dogs while keeping them alive.
What I did indeed mind was the insensitive way (or simply ignoring the issue) with which the experiments on live animals were addressed. There are too many of them and they are too cruel to make jests about. I think when abuse is mentioned the authors shouldn't stay impartial, and should condemn the behavior, instead of passing it off as a necessary part of life. I guess if it was a more serious read I wouldn't mind the ambivalence, but the author's personality comes out with amusing remarks she makes, so I didn't like that her opinion didn't come out when mentioning the abuse and torture, which also feels confusing and perhaps a bit insulting that this is a comical take on death, and that I should be laughing all the way while reading how they cut off dogs' heads and reattached them to other dogs while keeping them alive.