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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

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lethaldose's review against another edition

4.0

Mary Roach is such a fascinating and fun writer. this is a very interesting subject, but also a very morbid one. This book does a great job of walking the right line, being respectful, but not grim, being fun, but not gallows humor, being informative, but not hard science. Read this if the subject doesn't creep you out too much, it is very worth it.

carlia49's review against another edition

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challenging dark informative slow-paced

2.0

jaybee_32's review against another edition

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funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

sirtalis's review against another edition

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informative fast-paced

4.0

I enjoyed this book, but at some point I had to slow down and read it in small doses. It's not the best to read before bed which is when I primarily read. It gets gross, smelly, and a little traumatizing at times. There were a few chapters that were hard to read because it freaked me out - namely the airplane forensics chapter. But otherwise, it's a fast paced inform tion dense (but reader friendly) book. I was very excited to find an update from 2021 at the end given that much of the science explained is now outdated. Thanks Mary Roach for making all my science education book dreams come true.