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jenmangler's review against another edition
3.0
This was a very interesting dive into the vaccination debate told through the personal experiences of a new mother. I am very much pro-vaccine and have struggled to understand the anti-vaxxers. Biss has a way of exploring the issues surrounding vaccination in a way that makes that a bit easier.
threegoodrats's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 I picked this up a year or so ago because I was interested in learning about vaccines, but put it down after about a page when I realized it was written like a long personal essay and that's not what I was in the mood for. The popularity of this book has revived during the coronavirus pandemic, and so has my interest. I like books that are about a topic, but also about the person writing about it (similar to The Fact of a Body or Labgirl.) Here, Eula Biss imparts information about vaccines and immunity and related topics while meditating on motherhood, and weaving in references to everything from the H1N1 pandemic to Dracula.
outoftheblue14's review against another edition
Pagine lette: 52.
Abbandono questo saggio perché, per quanto l'argomento sia interessante, trovo lo svolgimento molto confuso. E' un saggio dall'andamento molto narrativo: l'autrice cita aneddoti della propria infanzia e nozioni apprese dal padre medico, racconta la proprie esperienze in gravidanza, ricorda le proprie paure come madre di un neonato e i dialoghi con le altre mamme. E' tutto mescolato: a mio parere, mescola troppe cose. L'intera questione "vaccini sì, vaccini no" è osservata dal punto di vista statunitense, secondo cui la sanità pubblica va bene per i poveri, ma non per i benestanti/istruiti.
Scopro da Wikipedia che Eula Biss ha una laurea/specializzazione in Non-Fiction Writing, e suppongo che sia questa la materia che insegna.
Abbandono questo saggio perché, per quanto l'argomento sia interessante, trovo lo svolgimento molto confuso. E' un saggio dall'andamento molto narrativo: l'autrice cita aneddoti della propria infanzia e nozioni apprese dal padre medico, racconta la proprie esperienze in gravidanza, ricorda le proprie paure come madre di un neonato e i dialoghi con le altre mamme. E' tutto mescolato: a mio parere, mescola troppe cose. L'intera questione "vaccini sì, vaccini no" è osservata dal punto di vista statunitense, secondo cui la sanità pubblica va bene per i poveri, ma non per i benestanti/istruiti.
Scopro da Wikipedia che Eula Biss ha una laurea/specializzazione in Non-Fiction Writing, e suppongo che sia questa la materia che insegna.
rbegati's review
3.0
Um livro que provavelmente eu não leria, não fosse a quarentena e a editora disponibilizando o e-book gratuito, e que pena seria não ler esse livro. Leitura excelente e muito esclarecedora, e que mme deixou com muito no que pensar.
lazydoc98's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
2.75
tildahlia's review against another edition
4.0
Overall, really enjoyed this book which is positively prescient for so many of the issues we are facing with Covid (it was written well before the current pandemic). It particularly touches on the collective nature of public health issues and the individualism that can subvert collective measures to address their spread. Bliss is a thoughtful writer and there were many dog ears for passages I wanted to note down for future reference. I did find the structure a little...unclear at times? But did enjoy.
smuds2's review against another edition
2.0
Felt VERY scattered, at certain points I thought my audiobook was out of order. Doesn't feel like it explored all the ideas presented to the same degree - some felt like one offs "hey here's an idea -- moving on." I think it pays a bit too much defference to the idea that people are thinking themselves of these ideas of bodily autonomy, and not just parroting off something that fits in with what they're told to believe (i.e. authority on a new channel I trust tells me not to trust vaccines, so I guess I just won't trust vaccines).
If nothing else it made me more interested in Dracula.
If nothing else it made me more interested in Dracula.