Down Among the Dead Men: A Year in the Life of a Mortuary Technician Audiobook (Unabridged)

" Interesting and funny. Not for the faint of heart. "

" Fascinating look at the coroner's office. But a bit disturbing that you need know background or training. Just show up and they'll train you on the job. "

" Not a literary masterpiece by any means, but an interesting view of a British morgue attendant's day-to-day activities. Did you know that proper evisceration produces a chain link of organs which start at the tongue and proceed on to heart, lungs, spleen, kidneys, and liver all connected to each other? You will discover other little tidbits like this throughout the book. "

" When this author stuck to the morgue her book was enjoyable. What I wanted to read about was her learning the ropes of her new job. The bodies, the problems, the anxieties etc. However, when she meandered off into talking about her boyfriend, their dogs, and her family's holidays, I got very bored. I also noticed two different typos in the book. Editor! Also if I had to hear this woman say "we worked like beavers" or "he had hands like shovels" again, I was going to scream. I didn't realize when I got it that this book is about the English system, so included along with the gore were many asides about pubs and tea. (Yawn.) I'd say, let this one pass you by. "

" This was a pretty good read. The stories about the people in the morgue were very entertaining but I did not care much for the parts about the Authors family and stuff. I think the book would have been better if she just would have stuck to the stories of the morgue. "

" Michelle Williams is by no means the greatest writer, but this was a fascinating subject to read about as far as getting the 'inside' look (no pun intended...well, maybe a little) of a mortuary technician's grueling job caring for the deceased. "

" Although I'm usually a big fan of Soft Skull's offerings, I actually couldn't finish this. Chapters were crafted poorly, and Williams is not a writer. An editor should have stepped up and made this book more readable and compelling. "

" Egads. What a dreary book. Should have been totally fascinating, but read like a GCSE essay about work experience. Naff and clumsy. Shame. "

" I had hoped this book would be better than a 3, even though it was a random book I chose off the library shelf. It wasn't a bad book but it was kind of boring. "

" Light hearted and easy reading (although I used the CD talking book), finished it in a day or so of gardening. As the jacket states "neither gruesome nor sad" but is lightly educational although I would have preferred more on the educational side "

" The topic is interesting, and the prose pretty good. But the book never transcends the funny anecdote aesthetic. "

" Very interesting. Michelle Williams takes you down into the life working in a mortuary. A good read. "

" It was a mildly interesting book for the medical bits and forensic revelations. However, for the most part it reads like a diary and was not very captivating. "

" A little simplistic, but an interesting, fast read. "

" Really fascinating look at what happens to the dead and the people that facilitate the necessary steps taken after death. Obviously not for the sensitive or faint of heart, but there is no gratuitous description here. Just the facts as they are. "

" Needs a British-to-English translation. I'd imagine the British loved this book but its slang makes it almost incomprehensible to Yanks. Imagine the most Anglophile Squeeze song published as a mortician's memoir. That's what this is. "