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A review by emmareadstoomuch
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—And How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson
4.0
who knew i'd find a nonfiction account of the epidemiological history of cholera more interesting than most YA fantasy??
this book was disgusting. it was also SO FUN. well, the first hundred or so pages were the funnest ever (five star level for real). then the next one hundred were like...eh. and the last fifty were "uhhh i think i'm just going to skip this i'm here for plagues and infectious disease not self-indulgent waxing romantic on the future of the city as a concept?????"
but still.
lot of question marks today, huh. even more than usual.
this is an impressive book and you should, at the very least, read the first hundred pages of this and then john snow's wikipedia page or something.
bottom line: i guess i like historical nonfiction sometimes?? who knew!!!!!
this book was disgusting. it was also SO FUN. well, the first hundred or so pages were the funnest ever (five star level for real). then the next one hundred were like...eh. and the last fifty were "uhhh i think i'm just going to skip this i'm here for plagues and infectious disease not self-indulgent waxing romantic on the future of the city as a concept?????"
but still.
lot of question marks today, huh. even more than usual.
this is an impressive book and you should, at the very least, read the first hundred pages of this and then john snow's wikipedia page or something.
bottom line: i guess i like historical nonfiction sometimes?? who knew!!!!!