Patricia Wiltshire
Författare till The Nature of Life and Death: Every Body Leaves a Trace
Verk av Patricia Wiltshire
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Allmänna fakta
- Kön
- female
Medlemmar
Recensioner
Listor
Statistik
- Verk
- 2
- Medlemmar
- 152
- Popularitet
- #137,198
- Betyg
- 3.7
- Recensioner
- 8
- ISBN
- 11
- Språk
- 1
It's honestly very rare I start a book, decide to not finish it, and then say something about it, but I feel compelled to here. I picked this up because the topic sounded interesting and I'm trying to read new things, and I think I could have made it through if someone else had written it. Wiltshire's writing isn't bad, but it is so incredibly preachy that it detracts from the theme/topics of the book. Wiltshire harps on about kids and their electronics, different lifestyles, and just really has a kind of attitude that puts certain readers down. There were also early signs that turned me away, such as Wiltshire writing that, to her, "corpses have ceased to be people", as well as her bemoaning the "physical perfection" of a 15-year-old rape victim who, according to Wiltshire, would have had a good life because she was so pretty. The topic of bodies and forensic science doesn't disturb me, but the attitude and viewpoints with which Wiltshire writes made me feel deeply uncomfortable and I've decided to not finish this book.… (mer)