A review by directorpurry
How to Make a Zombie: The Real Life (and Death) Science of Reanimation and Mind Control by Frank Swain
3.0
CW: This book is not for the squeamish. Animal testing with in-depth descriptions, animal abuse, abuse of the mentally ill, etc. It's all historical, but that doesn't mean it's any less disturbing.
I like some good science, but this was a bit more than I was expecting when I started. Overall, I thought the writing was really excellent, very clear and good at explaining terms when necessary. It gave me the creepy crawlies a lot, but it kind of went hard at some of my personal anxieties/triggers in the final chapter. But I probably deserved it for not knowing what I was getting into!
Really informative, some good explanations of stories I knew before as well as lots of new ones. I don't plan on keeping this, but one of my best friends is pre-med and I plan on gifting this to her - I hope she'll learn something new from this as well!
I like some good science, but this was a bit more than I was expecting when I started. Overall, I thought the writing was really excellent, very clear and good at explaining terms when necessary. It gave me the creepy crawlies a lot, but it kind of went hard at some of my personal anxieties/triggers in the final chapter. But I probably deserved it for not knowing what I was getting into!
Really informative, some good explanations of stories I knew before as well as lots of new ones. I don't plan on keeping this, but one of my best friends is pre-med and I plan on gifting this to her - I hope she'll learn something new from this as well!