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Have you read Working Stiff by Rachel Caine (2011)?

yes

I didn't finish it

I've never heard of it

Voting ended onSep 14, 2024

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I’m a working stiff doing his job, that’s all.

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I started listening to Working Stiff by Judy Melinek and boy howdy it is interesting but boy howdy it is also super gross

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“Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Makings of a Medical Examiner” by Judy Melinek, MD and T.J. Mitchell

Rating: 5/5 LGBTQA+? Nope Genre(s): Non fiction, memoir, mortuary science Enoby Approved: Yeah Read This Book If You Like: mortuary science, medical examiners, autopsy, morbid things, dark humor, memoirs Don’t Read This Book If You Can’t Handle: first person narration, in depth discussion of death bodies and the things that happen to them as they decompose, discussion of suicide, 9/11 and it’s aftermath, murder/suicide and it’s aftermath

I unapologetically loved this book. I couldn’t put it down, and I am the type of person who can’t watch the CW or R-rated movies because needles, blood, and gore gives me anxiety attacks. Apparently, I can read about it just fine, and this book was filled with the best sort of dark humor and many interesting tales of death and decay.

There was a section on the mortuary aspect of post-9/11 that was absolutely fascinating, and the detail to which the narrator remembers the cases--down to tomato plants and toenail polish--is absolutely astounding. Dr. Melinek and Mitchell write a seamless tale that frankly discusses suicide, death, decay, murder, the human body, and autopsy and mortuary science brings those all together.

If you’re interested in medicine, read this book. If you’re interested in mortuary science, medical examination, or forensic anthropology, read this book. If you simply like dark humor and morbid shit or want to read a good memoir, read this book. I can’t recommend it enough.

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I may be temporarily deaf in both ears, but this Tuesday is shaping up nicely.

If you’re into true crime, forensics, pathology, a&p, or just REALLY interesting reading, I definitely recommend this book!

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The past few years have brought more and more death and friends leaving us way too young. It finally shut me down really bad for months last year.

The way I process is the need to understand and study. I saw a talk by Dr. Judy Melinek online and immediately ordered her book, which chronicles her two years of medical examiner training. It’s incredibly graphic and sad, and some chapters took me a while to process (especially the one on what her work was like when 9/11 happened—she was there).

It may sound morbid but I feel this is one of the best books I’ve ever read. Understanding death and the processing of each body that arrives in the morgue has helped me immensely. I’ve always been fascinated by this profession but now I sometimes wonder if I need to drop everything and go to school to become a medical examiner. Maybe in my next life.

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Working Stiff: A Frank Leland Mystery by Bill Krieger

Krieger combines a corrupt city with a protagonist who will risk himself for his principles but—literally—won’t starve himself for them, creating an engaging take on the classic tale of a flawed PI walking mean streets. Continue reading Working Stiff: A Frank Leland Mystery by Bill Krieger