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I've finished the book. I'm left with the feeling that lies somewhere between TMI, an author's perverse, small-boy like joy in slightly shocking the adults by talking about farts and turds, and actually being interested in the transformation from a Michelin chef plate of food into, moments later, a disgusting saliva-covered bolus no one even wants to look at.
The book is punctuated with many small revelations that won't change my life in any way but are good to drop into a conversation for that ...more
The book is punctuated with many small revelations that won't change my life in any way but are good to drop into a conversation for that ...more
I can't recommend this book highly enough. Roach truly is the funniest, best science writer I've ever had the pleasure to read. Her inquisitive mind doesn't always follow a linear path & the side tracks are illuminating.
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"While a seaman might survive the suction and swallow, his arrival in a sperm whale's stomach would seem to present a new set of problems."*
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*I challenge you to find a more innocuous sentence containing the words sperm, suction, swallow, and any homophone o ...more
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"While a seaman might survive the suction and swallow, his arrival in a sperm whale's stomach would seem to present a new set of problems."*
[footnote]
*I challenge you to find a more innocuous sentence containing the words sperm, suction, swallow, and any homophone o ...more
It isn't any secret that I love Mary Roach, and here's why - you know how you will be thinking about something, and then whatever that thought is leads you to something else, and so on and so forth, and pretty soon you are on a completely different subject in your own head? That's how Mary writes - which sounds like it might not be good but in truth is awesome because you aren't left with those "I wonder about ..." questions. She can anticipate what one subject will make you think of next. It's
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Like all of Mary Roach's books, equal parts amusing, informative, and icky.
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This book is the shit. *snicker*
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