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The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetuated in the Name of Science by Sam Kean
19 reviews
kc_onmybookshelf's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Suicide, Torture, and Murder
panthalassa's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Transphobia, Antisemitism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Deadnaming, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Dysphoria
Minor: Addiction, Rape, and Abortion
laurenkimoto'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
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
akazzy8's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
While there are many content warnings, I would mention they are stated in more of a detached academic fashion. While there are horrible portions, it is not always written like a story, so readers detachment from some of these acts make this book less "graphic". This certainly is not to say that these warnings aren't still there!readundancies's review against another edition
4.0
Let it be known that this is not for the faint of heart. A lot of the more disillusioning and heavy content is covered in a very clinical way, and it can take a bit of getting used to. There are some really coldhearted individuals out there and this book highlights some of the most infamous of the lot.
It’s so interesting though. I was living for this content. The number of times I said What the fuck?!? while reading was too many.
At this point I should probably mention that I read this non-chronologically. It’s written in a way that each chapter is directly connected to and leads into the next. But, I was feeling out of sorts and decided to switch things up and read all over the place with respect to chapters. I didn't find it even mildly disconcerting, so I'd say if you wanted to read chapters out of order, it's very doable.
My favourite chapters in no particular order include:
- Piracy: The Buccaneer Biologist
- Slavery: The Corruption of the Flycatcher
- Grave-Robbing: Jekyll & Hyde, Hunter & Knox
- Murder: The Professor and the Janitor
- Ambition: Surgery for the Soul
- Malpractice: Sex, Power, and Money
- Fraud: Superwoman.
If you're looking for a science-based non-fiction read with some true crime flair to the writing, I definitely recommend this.
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Dysphoria
az_pollock's review against another edition
5.0
Fun but can get gross
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Colonisation
sunshinestark's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Antisemitism, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder