DNF--I'd never read any Mary Roach before but I know her pop science deal, and when I saw this audiobook was available I grabbed it, since it was a good length for a trip I was taking. I really enjoyed probably the first 5 hours of the audiobook--interesting anedcotes, and the somewhat disjointed nature of the book made it a good audiobook--kind of like a series of podcasts. But then it got like, pretty gross, like cannibalism and animal experiments and stuff, and it was making me feel real squeamish, and I remembered I had other things I could listen to and nobody was making me finish the book. So I didn't! In fairness to Mary Roach I probably should have guessed this from the title and basic subject matter...but I wasn't squicked by the stuff like old timey corpse snatching for medical schools and use of cadavers as crash test dummies...so...well, whatever.

If you are less squeamish you would probably like it. I might check out one of her other books sometime, like maybe [b:Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void|7237456|Packing for Mars The Curious Science of Life in the Void|Mary Roach|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1290480157s/7237456.jpg|8159756] won't make me want to barf so much, idk