Michelle M. (mrmullin) reviewed on 6/3/2010 + 5 more book reviews

It's good, not great. I've read a few books in this genre now, so I was hoping for some new and very interesting material. I found the first few chapters to be more of the same- similar to info I've already read. Some things were fascinating, like the canibalism chapter. Overall the book was interesting, though it lacked some of the scientific info I had found fascinating in Bonk. For instance, she describes some of the embalming process, but focuses more on the people doing the embalming than on what the heck the embalming process is. A lot of history of the science though- and it is gruesome at points. I did appreciate learning all the ways a body donated to science can be utilized though, and human composting is also fascinating. These were new topics to me, and covered in a unique way.

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