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DNF--I'd never read any Mary Roach before but I know her pop science deal, and when I saw this audiobook was available I grabbed it, since it was a good length for a trip I was taking. I really enjoyed probably the first 5 hours of the audiobook--interesting anedcotes, and the somewhat disjointed nature of the book made it a good audiobook--kind of like a series of podcasts. But then it got like, pretty gross, like cannibalism and animal experiments and stuff, and it was making me feel real sque
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This book is really good, but for some reason took me forever to get through. It's a quite funny and well-written look at different things that happen to people's bodies after they die (medical research, automotive safety testing, anatomy labs, studies about decomposition, types of funerary methods, etc., etc.). Roach was able to talk to an extremely wide range of people and managed to gain entrance into a lot of fascinating places and situations. I did feel that the book started to drag a bit b
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This book is fascinating! If you've ever wondered what really happens when someone donates their body to science or how those fancy CSI people actually know the things they do, read this book.
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Everything you ever wanted to know about dead bodies...but never thought of asking. A fun read which covers medical donations, the profession of undertaking, decomposition, forensics, entomology, and the different ways cultures approach death.
I found this book to be very imforative, once you get over the gross aspect that is a cadaver. I enjoyed reading it and I also enjoyed the strange looks I received from people asking me what I was reading...
This is one of those books where after reading it, you want to meet the author and go out with her for drinks and/or field research.
Sep 03, 2010
Stephanie
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Ashley
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