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A review by katiescho741
The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I by Lindsey Fitzharris
5.0
An amazing book. I think events like WW1 can be so sprawling and complex, that it's hard to fully understand the human horrors of it. But this book shows us the things that humans to do each other.
I appreciated her inclusion of the photos that were taken of some of the patients in the face and jaw hospital, and the way the author presented the information was excellent. I liked that she gave us some basic context of the First World War, in between the personal stories of the men with facial injuries.
The details about the front, the triage units, and the makeshift hospital tents were horrifying. I'm a long-term horror fan, but this book is one of the most disturbing and heartbreaking things I've read.
A fascinating and horrifying book.
I appreciated her inclusion of the photos that were taken of some of the patients in the face and jaw hospital, and the way the author presented the information was excellent. I liked that she gave us some basic context of the First World War, in between the personal stories of the men with facial injuries.
The details about the front, the triage units, and the makeshift hospital tents were horrifying. I'm a long-term horror fan, but this book is one of the most disturbing and heartbreaking things I've read.
A fascinating and horrifying book.