Reviews tagging 'Blood'
Immune: A Journey Into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive by Philipp Dettmer
3 reviews
weareinheritors's review
funny
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.5
I feel like I'm a college-educated immunologist ready to start diagnosing people right away (I'm joking). But Dettmer does an amazing job of simplifying incredibly complex biological processes—it's nonfiction but it reads as easily as any fiction book would.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, and Death
machen27's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
A comprehensive overview of the human immune system, with beautiful graphics that distills the essence of how our bodies work to keep us alive in a world full of hostile organisms, as well as the ways it can fail to do so. Dettmer favors telling a tractable story but is also very clear about when things are being simplified. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to everyone, though some of the language and imagery may not be appropriate for children younger than high school or so.
Moderate: Cancer and Blood
Minor: Violence
skylarkindareads's review
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
5.0
Minor: Medical content, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Chronic illness, Cancer, and Blood
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