Oh this is an absolute hit!

Highly recommend on audio. I finished this one in one day and did not want to hit pause 

So many reasons to hate Meta even more. No wonder they tried to block this from being published. 

Reads like Empire of Pain, but with more medical device with a sprinkle of writing that reads more news article than narrative nonfiction.

The writing is dry and did not translate the best via audio with awkward pauses where commas are, etc. I would compare it to Empire of Pain in the scale of writing and decades covered, but not in the skill of writing and story telling. 

Harris covers multiple issues that Johnson & Johnson has had with their products from talc and Tylenol to DePuy Synthese products and other pharmaceuticals.

I work in medical devices and I would say this is a must read for anyone that works in any side of medical devices, pharmaceuticals or cosmetics. Also would recommend to anyone who thinks MAHA destroying the FDA is a good idea (IT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA AT ALL)

Also enjoyed the description of Warsaw, IN, where DePuy was founded, as bucolic. Warsaw is my hometown and that description is above the vocabulary of most people that live there.

I read 106 pages and that was about 80 too many.

I had a really fun time with this one. The audiobook was unique experience and I would have to say that’s the way to take this one in.

Amina and her crew are all such memorable characters. Each stood out in their own way.

I do think this was a little longer than it needed to be, but I’ll eagerly be waiting for the next installment 

Thank you to the publisher for a copy.

As usual, Laird Hunt delivers a quintessential Hoosier story, this time as a short story collection set in the same town as Zorrie. These stories all take place in one day and each one follows one person. 

This small town is the quintessential small, Indiana town and each person reminds me of people I’ve come across around the state. However, some of the stories came across as caricatures of Midwestern. Hunt may be from Indiana, but some characters came across as if they were written by someone making fun of Indiana (which I know is easy).

Admittedly the dream sequence at the end really lost me. While it made sense as the ending to the collection, it was a little too out there for me. 

Additionally, it would’ve been nice to hear from Zorrie as well. 

Overall I’d recommend this to anyone that enjoyed Zorrie, but don’t read it if you haven’t read Zorrie.