Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum

6 reviews

evgeorge's review against another edition

This wasn’t what I expected or hoped. It is a good overview of how one forensic scientist went up against the New York City boss system and developed the methodologies to identify the effects of chemicals on the human body. I had hoped for a narrower story about poisoners in the Jazz Age. Stories of chronic wasting disease, horrifying industrial injury and crumbling bones are not for me. Others with medical interest, less squeamish and visual may enjoy this. It is well written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Alcohol

sonygaystation's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad fast-paced

4.25

Really interesting and thorough on so many different types of poisons, but pretty hard to listen to at times. Hearing about how people died and how they used dogs for poison testing in graphic detail was really uncomfortable for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer and Child death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, and Abortion

chelsealauren17's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Medical content, Murder, and Alcohol

honeygirl13's review against another edition

dark emotional informative

5.0

Wonderfully informative, utterly fascinating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

asphodelashes's review against another edition

informative mysterious fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Pedophilia and Suicide

jetpackdracula's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Abortion