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Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales by William M. Bass, Jon Jefferson

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br1sr3alm's review against another edition

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4.0

The musical interludes were odd, but otherwise I enjoyed Bass's journey.

mborer23's review against another edition

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4.0

Engaging, enjoyable read not only for the forensic anthropology, but for the glimpse into the author's life and how it has been shaped by the deaths of his loved ones.

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adventurous informative medium-paced

5.0

sariene's review against another edition

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2.0

I really wish this was a better book. I wanted it to be, and parts of it came close, but it wasn't at all what it claims to be. It is much less about the body farm, as the title suggests, than it is about the man who founded it, and I didn't go into it looking for a memoir. I went into it looking for science, but it was remarkably light on that. He didn't go very in-depth about what he can actually do and what his research has revealed. He only had a handful of techniques that he really talked about, and he repeated them over and over, to the point of insult. I'm capable of understanding a point the first time, but every time he'd mention one of these few techniques, he'd spell it out all over again, like the readers are children who can't remember what he told them two chapters ago. Very disappointing.