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A review by franfernandezarce
Five Quarts: A Personal and Natural History of Blood by Bill Hayes
3.0
*3.5*
now my second bill hayes book read ([b:The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy|1884902|The Anatomist A True Story of Gray's Anatomy|Bill Hayes|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1320421081s/1884902.jpg|1886066] also read this year) and i can't wait to read his other two books. i do have [b:Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me|30038960|Insomniac City New York, Oliver, and Me|Bill Hayes|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1485975500s/30038960.jpg|50443176] waiting around my tbr pile of 490 books but i will hunt down his first one, [b:Sleep Demons: An Insomniac's Memoir|1378145|Sleep Demons An Insomniac's Memoir|Bill Hayes|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1435873814s/1378145.jpg|1368080] since i clearly have no self-control. i also hope he publishes more in the future because, hey, why not more books?
that being said, i was left scratching my head a bit towards the ending of this one. mostly because i didn't realise the ending i was reading was the actual ending of the book. i was more than ready to move unto the next chapter and then, bam! the references section. i'm not sure what i was exactly expecting from the ending but i know it left me wanting more--more resolution, more emotional development, a sense of catharsis perhaps, i don't know.
besides that detail, this book is the perfect mixture of personal history and historical medicine. again, i need to pull up all the usual narrative non-fiction books on medicine ([b:The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World|36086|The Ghost Map The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World|Steven Johnson|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1430524696s/36086.jpg|1008989], [b:The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine|33931044|The Butchering Art Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine|Lindsey Fitzharris|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1487961130s/33931044.jpg|54900132] and [b:Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them|30199426|Get Well Soon History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them|Jennifer Wright|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1479730657s/30199426.jpg|50650491]) and add this one to the pile of very specific recommendations.
now my second bill hayes book read ([b:The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy|1884902|The Anatomist A True Story of Gray's Anatomy|Bill Hayes|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1320421081s/1884902.jpg|1886066] also read this year) and i can't wait to read his other two books. i do have [b:Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me|30038960|Insomniac City New York, Oliver, and Me|Bill Hayes|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1485975500s/30038960.jpg|50443176] waiting around my tbr pile of 490 books but i will hunt down his first one, [b:Sleep Demons: An Insomniac's Memoir|1378145|Sleep Demons An Insomniac's Memoir|Bill Hayes|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1435873814s/1378145.jpg|1368080] since i clearly have no self-control. i also hope he publishes more in the future because, hey, why not more books?
that being said, i was left scratching my head a bit towards the ending of this one. mostly because i didn't realise the ending i was reading was the actual ending of the book. i was more than ready to move unto the next chapter and then, bam! the references section. i'm not sure what i was exactly expecting from the ending but i know it left me wanting more--more resolution, more emotional development, a sense of catharsis perhaps, i don't know.
besides that detail, this book is the perfect mixture of personal history and historical medicine. again, i need to pull up all the usual narrative non-fiction books on medicine ([b:The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World|36086|The Ghost Map The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World|Steven Johnson|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1430524696s/36086.jpg|1008989], [b:The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine|33931044|The Butchering Art Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine|Lindsey Fitzharris|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1487961130s/33931044.jpg|54900132] and [b:Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them|30199426|Get Well Soon History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them|Jennifer Wright|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1479730657s/30199426.jpg|50650491]) and add this one to the pile of very specific recommendations.