Bordering on Terrible

Firstly, this book is very, very superficial when it comes to the detail that it goes into body systems. It was honestly embarrassing how little info was provided. I feel non specialty readers could handle a lot more details. Even basic names of systems are left out.

Secondly and the reason this book was probably the worst I have listened to in my history of Audible (since 2014), was that this book is clearly written from the perspective of an insular and privileged white American male. I don't even need to google this guy to know this, because it is like a stereotype for the ignorant, rich, arrogant white guy.

His ability to be presented with life lessons, and then entirely miss the point, due to his own cultural bias was honestly next level. Where he thought he was coming across as funny, he in fact comes across and tone deaf, wilfully ignorant and cringe worthy on almost every occasion (he tries it a lot).

The book seems to be more a brag about how good he is at rote learning. The author doesn't even appear to have a fundamental understanding of human psychology, and if he does know the body as he claims to, he carefully keeps this to himself.

The Pièce de résistance of the authors vulgar and frankly bizarre thought processes had to be the borderline cannibalism he championed. After explaining his deep understanding of the intricate nature of the body and its organs and muscles, and how they related in the same way anatomically to animals. How he fully appreciated the rhythms and feedback loops of the physiology and the way the body functions in a structured and wonderous fashion in all animals. These epiphanies of how the body works, lead him to want to eat more meat, not just muscles, but organs too.... This bit nearly made me physically ill to hear (I am not a vegan). He seemed to take such pleasure in death.

This garbage tip of a book is an example of a person who is so privileged they see the world as an adventure playground for themselves, to be used and exploited, not understood cared for and protected. Quite the opposite of what you would expect a thinking person to conclude with a medical education behind them.

0 stars from me.

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