Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson

16 reviews

rhi_'s review against another edition

informative fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Medical content and Classism

jetpackdracula's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Excrement, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death

musicalpopcorn's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

3.0

Chronicles the outbreak of cholera in 19th century London that ultimately led to a new scientific way of seeing disease.

The first two thirds of the book were very interesting. Learning about the cholera outbreak and how Snow traced it to the well, as well as the other facts was fascinating. I particularly enjoyed the brief description of the history of anesthetic. 

The epilogue kind of threw me off a bit. It felt almost rambly, and I was struggling to connect all the talk about terrorism and nuclear attacks to cholera and Snow. It was interesting to listen to it post-Covid, given that the book was written well before the pandemic, but it was still very strange. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

cinda_lu's review

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.0

This was a great book! Very informative and well written. I really liked how the author wrote (and he seemed to inject a sense of subtle humor throughout). The only thing I didn't like was how long the ending was. The Conclusion and Epilogue could have been half as long in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death

ambaright's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Excrement, and Medical content

Moderate: Child death and Grief

rafacolog's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Gore

elizafiedler's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

4.0

Very gross, but really fascinating and informative. Skip this one if you're sensitive to bodily fluids and descriptions of medical problems or trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death

Minor: Body horror

conglomerationofchaos's review

adventurous challenging dark informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, and Death of parent

onlyonebookshelf's review

informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death