Refreshing., Reading a Mary Roach book is like spending a luxurious and joyful evening with the perfect dinner guest.
Roach uses footnotes to add both depth and lightness to the topic at hand by capturing misfit studies, asides, and hilarious tangents.
curious and generous engagement with her subjects makes for world-expanding reading., Each chapter is packed with the results of detailed investigations. No matter the situation, Roach approaches it with contagious enthusiasm., powerfully propelled by the force of Roach's unflinching fascination with the weird, the gross and the downright improbable. My favorite moments, ultimately, weren't the funny ones, but those that reveal a bit of scientific poetry., This book is such a rich stew of anecdotes and lore that it's best savored slowly, bit by bit. What more could you ask for?, An idiosyncratic tour with Roach as the wisecracking, ever-probing guide. Roach will change the way you think about the great outdoors. Her approach is informative and unpretentious, and she's always armed with a dry sense of humor.
But the real trick Roach pulls off is to keep you laughing while at the same time making sure the earnest points come across., Full of kernels of fascinating information. It is impossible not to smirk, chortle and sometimes outright belly laugh as you read her many wry asides and funny but fascinating footnotes. As another entry in Roach's canon of books, Fuzz stands tall (and hairy), educating as much as it entertains., With her characteristic dry wit, brings an intense fascination to the seldom discussed details and the at times absurd miscellany in the unexplored corners of unappreciated research. A blend of modern science and history, with Roach's flair for spotting hidden absurdities. The book brims with Roach's irreverent humor, which particularly shines when she experiences human-animal conflict firsthand.
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