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The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetuated in the Name of Science by Sam Kean
15 reviews
_dasbrot's review against another edition
2.0
but...the way its written makes some chapters (e.x. the one about Edison and Tesla) very hard to get through because you can't tell whether it was written with actual bias or if that was just the tone, something i found incredibly frustrating.
he used outdated and racist terms about indigenous people to "stay true to the time" the stories were in, which i felt was unnecessary.
also the chapter that talked about sex and gender did not mention nonbinary people and used he/she instead of they, so while it handled it okay overall, it was lacking for a book that came out so recently.
there was also a use of "schizoid" and "OCD" as adjectives to call something "crazy", etc. which is was incredibly disappointing and ableist.
overall, i don't think i would reccomend it to anyone, but i didn't have a completely bad time reading it.
Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Medical content
Moderate: Suicide, Torture, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Mental illness and Miscarriage
use of ableist and racist terminology where it was unneededlaurenkimoto's review against another edition
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
livdelrosso's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Dysphoria
reviewsandreadathons's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria