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The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetuated in the Name of Science by Sam Kean
22 reviews
lauramegan's review
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Racism, Sexual violence, and Slavery
monstersinspace's review
3.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Blood, Antisemitism, Gaslighting, and Colonisation
chloethonus's review
4.75
My only critique is some outdated language like calling Native Americans "Indians" and the prologue about Cleopatra being very clumsy. The prologue is made up of information that can't be proven which is a questionable start for this book. The language, however, bothers me more. Native Americans should be respected and referred to using proper terms that do not have to do with the entirely unrelated nation of Indian. Native American, indigenous peoples, tribe name, there are a lot of options.
Graphic: Slavery and Medical trauma
Moderate: Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, and Xenophobia
Minor: Misogyny
chupacobbruh's review
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, and Medical trauma
kbergsten's review
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
panthalassa's review
3.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Transphobia, Antisemitism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Deadnaming, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Dysphoria
Minor: Addiction, Rape, and Abortion
laurenkimoto's review
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Slavery, Torture, and Transphobia
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
clarabooksit's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, Dysphoria, and Classism
Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt
Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism
nyearthmama's review
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, and Medical trauma
akazzy8's review
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
While there are many content warnings, I would mention they are stated in more of a detached academic fashion. While there are horrible portions, it is not always written like a story, so readers detachment from some of these acts make this book less "graphic". This certainly is not to say that these warnings aren't still there!