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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.… (lisätietoja)
 
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deborahee | 7 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Feb 23, 2024 |
Read this for our museum botany department book club. Very interesting, especially since I've spent my working life associating with field botanists.
 
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JudyGibson | 7 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 26, 2023 |
Patricia Wiltshire is a pioneering forensic ecologist specialising in palynology - the study of pollen and spores. She compares the pollen and spores found in a suspect's clothing or vehicle with those at the crime scene (and apparently they can vary enormously even in a matter of a few yards) to find out whether the suspect was at the scene or not. If, for example, X says a couple had consensual sex here while Y says it was rape there, Patricia Wiltshire can assess whose story at least gets the location right.

As she rightly assumes that her readers (at least me) are almost totally ignorant of palynology there is a certain amount of dry technical detail to be explained, but the cases she uses as illustrations and the story of her life are interesting enough to keep the pages turning.
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Robertgreaves | 7 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Oct 7, 2022 |
At first I thought this would be a book that would be a 4 or 5 star read for me but there were some things that really detracted from the reading experience. The first was the author's digression into stories from her childhood that seemed shoehorned into the nonfiction excerpts of her career as a forensic ecologist. It really altered the flow of the book and added very little to the overall whole. But the thing that bothered me the most was the author's tone or 'voice' if you will which was patronizing if not downright condescending. She constantly reminded the reader of her various degrees, careers, and accomplishments while at the same time also denigrating other people who were not at her 'level'. It got to be so irksome that I contemplated giving the book up entirely. I now wish that I had done so because I could have spent my time with another book and author instead. :-/… (lisätietoja)
 
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AliceaP | 7 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jul 26, 2021 |

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