Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Hot Zone by Richard Preston

24 reviews

mcpingeton's review against another edition

dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, and Vomit

elizabeth_helmer's review against another edition

informative tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, and Blood

dreamofbookspines's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.5

Gross enough that I probably won't read it again, but it was super interesting. My search history looks like hell after looking up a lot of the viral crises and areas Preston talks about. I read this initially around 1999 and remember as a kid (I was 13 or 14 that year) being terrified of ebola. Re-reading this certainly clarified why! I don't remember knowing it was nonfiction as a kid though...🤔

I was frustrated that Preston exaggerated what ebola does to the human body though. It does not liquify your insides. Yes, it has awful symptoms, but not that. Why go so nuts with a very real and terrifying disease? Also he used enough passive voice that I thought it worth noting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Gore and Excrement

mmadill227's review against another edition

informative tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, and Vomit

Moderate: Excrement and Medical content

paulken's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

westcoast_pizzaghost's review against another edition

dark informative tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, and Pandemic/Epidemic

wordsaremybigobsession's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sonygaystation's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.5

I have a longer review writing itself in my brain but for now what I have to say is this: as an epidemiologist, this book felt much more sensational and trying to use ebola to generate attention via scare tactics. Preston is a very sensationalist and exaggerated writer, plus his viewpoints, word choices, and assumptions of character feel pretty Old-Ass White Man even for the early 90s

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, Sexism, and Excrement

Minor: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

ekcd_'s review against another edition

informative tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

emberkt's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

digestible science(non)fiction that reads like a thriller, this book was easy to read, informative, and satisfying

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore