isabellesbooks's review against another edition
2.0
I would have preferred this book without all the extra side conversations and the authors trying to be funny. It seemed to get off topic at times, and I really just wanted the information.
(“How was the lamb your mother in law made last night?” — “The goat, you mean? It was great. I love goat and all things goat. I made a mean beef tenderloin last night.”) Please tell me why I should care about all of these random conversations in the middle of every chapter that I just wanted to skip through.
Other than that, there was some interesting information included, but the book wasn’t worth reading for me in its entirety because of the style.
(“How was the lamb your mother in law made last night?” — “The goat, you mean? It was great. I love goat and all things goat. I made a mean beef tenderloin last night.”) Please tell me why I should care about all of these random conversations in the middle of every chapter that I just wanted to skip through.
Other than that, there was some interesting information included, but the book wasn’t worth reading for me in its entirety because of the style.
mariahroze's review against another edition
3.0
This book is full of weird questions and myths. The author is a doctor who explains why some things happen and why some things are myths. The book is a good sense of humor. However, I listened to this on audiobook and it was read by the author and he was monotoned the whole time. I really struggled through this book.
anzuk's review against another edition
2.0
The title made me choose this book. My expectations: death by laughter. But of course it wasn’t funny. As my friend Aly says, medicine isn’t funny. Some questions were interesting but most of them were plain ‘ol stupid!
WILL STARING AT AN ECLIPSE MAKE YOU GO BLIND?
WILL STARING AT AN ECLIPSE MAKE YOU GO BLIND?
Things to avoid staring at:
• a woman’s cleavage
• a large facial mole
• a couple making out in public
• the sun
pharmdad2007's review against another edition
1.0
None of this is funny, and very little of it is even very interesting. Not worth the time, though short.
nhayner's review against another edition
3.0
This was good, but a little outdated. It was published in 2005 and some of the information is simply wrong, knowing what we know in 2021. Also, the language is out dated and semi-misogynistic. However, I will be reading the sequel to this for sure