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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Mary Roach

Why we're reading this: Entertaining, informative pop-science.
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Aug 14, 2015 ☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ rated it really liked it

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Wow not what I was expecting but this was quite an interesting book to read. It was informative in a weird way but glad it read.

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Sep 22, 2017 BookishStitcher rated it really liked it

This book is a compilation of tons of things concerning human cadavers. The history of them from when surgeons were considered a kin to butchers all the way to modern day organ donors. As a person who has huge anxiety about flying, I found the chapter on plane crashes to be horrifying (it will be awhile before I convince myself to get on a plane again).

I would probably give this book a 3.5 if I could do half stars because it felt a little disjointed (did I just make a pun?!) and jumbled. I wish ...more

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Mar 20, 2024 Anastasia rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach is an interesting account of everything to do with what happens to dead bodies. Fascinating although rather gruesome.

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May 27, 2014 Lindsey rated it it was amazing

Shelves: non-fiction

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. In reading some of the reviews beforehand, I know the author's humor and interjection of personal thoughts was distasteful to some. For me, this is what made the book enjoyable. Without the humor, the subject matter would have been hard to get through emotionally. Speaking as someone who has experienced an anatomy lab and has an appreciation for the contribution these people have made, sometimes you just need a little levity to handle it all. It really makes you t ...more

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