Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Facemaker: One Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I by Lindsey Fitzharris

25 reviews

draven_deathcrush's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

I usually don't rate nonfiction, but this really clicked with me. I appreciated the narrative style that it was told, because it was easy to follow. I also appreciated the epilogue, and I'm glad to know that Harold Gillies really was a great man.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Violence, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, and Fire/Fire injury

gogglor's review against another edition

3.75

Informative. Harold Gillies was clearly a wonderful man, and I’m glad he was in this world. Glad I read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Murder, and Dysphoria

sciencekoala's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

This book was fantastic! It was a non-fiction read that I just couldn’t put down whenever I got the opportunity to read for myself. I learned so much about the history of plastic surgery as well as war-time medicine. WWI was a shock to the system for battlefield medics and the surgeons who had to clean up the mess- the weaponry used produced bodily damage unlike any we had ever seen while the scientific advances produced survival rates unlike what we had ever seen. The author handles the topic of these soldiers’ physical (and psychological) injuries with a perfect balance of reverence and realism, and she paints a picture of Gillies as a surgeon who was willing to do exactly the same when many of his colleagues couldn’t look past the twisted faces and figures before them to see the men and their minds left underneath. 

If you have any interest in surgery, history, WWI, medicine, or biography- I strongly recommend you read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and War

readwithmarie23's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Mental illness and Grief

Minor: Vomit, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

pardonmylord's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.5

While I love the book, I do think there was something lost in audiobook vs physical book, but I liked it so much I’d be interested in seeing the physical book and flipping through it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, Medical trauma, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Death and Fire/Fire injury

brep23's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

jackc5755's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

alisonvh's review against another edition

informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

The author said her goal was to inform the reader without overwhelming them with information and I would say she nailed it. I learned so much from this book, but never felt it was going on too long or getting lost in tangents.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

georgierose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

lego28's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail