Roach: Spook
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Mary Roach, ''Spook : Science Tackles the Afterlife''. New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2005. 311 pages, with bibliography. | Mary Roach, ''Spook : Science Tackles the Afterlife''. New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2005. 311 pages, with bibliography. | ||
| - | I have previously read | + | I have previously read and noted a book by Mary Roach, [[Roach: Stiff|Stiff]]. That one was concerned with what happened to human bodies after death; ''Spook'' is concerned with what happens to that part of the human which is not the body – if there is such a part – after death. |
Her approach is along the lines of pop journalism without being too silly about it. She enjoys a bit of good humor but, to my taste, the humorous bits stay subservient to the stories she's telling and the narrative she's putting together. It's not exactly relevant but it's my impression that Ms. Roach's sense of humor, or sense of proportion, or sense of comic timing, has improved or become more sophisticated since her last book. This time I had very few groans, many more chuckles and raised eyebrows from her observations. | Her approach is along the lines of pop journalism without being too silly about it. She enjoys a bit of good humor but, to my taste, the humorous bits stay subservient to the stories she's telling and the narrative she's putting together. It's not exactly relevant but it's my impression that Ms. Roach's sense of humor, or sense of proportion, or sense of comic timing, has improved or become more sophisticated since her last book. This time I had very few groans, many more chuckles and raised eyebrows from her observations. | ||
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