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The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetuated in the Name of Science by Sam Kean
7 reviews
gk1412's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation
monstersinspace's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Blood, Antisemitism, Gaslighting, and Colonisation
phoebemurtagh's review against another edition
3.5
They some things shouldn't be attempted by the faint of heart or squeamish. As a squeamish person myself, I'd like to refine that: you can most certainly attempt, but you might need to skim through the physical descriptions of how to perform an ice pick lobotomy.
This was a good collection of scientists gone bad: some of the stories were disturbing and familiar ones I'd already heard, while some were disturbing and new. My only criticisms would be that while such a book must necessarily take a dark sense of humor, I found the author's attempts at levity in the face of evil just a little irreverent sometimes. More disappointingly, though, the author refers to bunk science as "voodoo" in at least one place; it's a small thing, but perpetuating a stereotype that African disaporic religious traditions that developed as a result of American slavery are somehow 'less valid' and the equivalent of bad science is below the mark for any journalist.
All in all, I preferred The Disappearing Spoon, but this is a good book, too.
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
kbergsten's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
_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
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