dexkit10's review
dark
informative
medium-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Excrement, Medical content, Vomit, Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, and Chronic illness
reginamea's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
4.0
caitlin901's review against another edition
dark
funny
informative
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gore, Blood, and Death
freyacat's review against another edition
dark
informative
medium-paced
3.0
This book is gross - fascinating, informative, but gross. The author does an excellent job bringing to life a variety of historical figures who may, or may not, have been poisoned. She describes in explicit details the living conditions and medical practices of the Medieval period. These conditions and practices are disgusting. So if you have a sensitive stomach, this may not be the book for you.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Medical content
Moderate: Cannibalism, Blood, Excrement, Medical trauma, Animal death, and Pandemic/Epidemic
jenni3penny's review against another edition
funny
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.25
hoosgracie's review against another edition
4.0
Fascinating exploration of poison in history (and modern times).