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Czerwony Rynek. Na Tropie Handlarzy Organów, Złodziei Kości, Producentów Krwi I Porywaczy Dzieci (2011)

by Scott Carney(Favorite Author)

3.78 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Czarne

review 1: By the end of the introductory chapter I knew this wasn't going to be the book I hoped it would be, but I decided to stick it out anyway. The author had made it clear that he would be focusing more on the impact this "red market" makes on the people it takes advantage of (which it does, and it's terrible, but not what I want to read about) instead of the awesome creepiness of grave-robbing and the inner workings of the criminal groups that have emerged and control this (and other) trade(s). Granted, it might be hard to write a modern day account of such things (not like the criminals would welcome you in for an honest chat), but a historical focus could have been interesting. Alas; I digress: this isn't a review about what I want to read, but what I actually read.There was... more so much telling of personal accounts of being victimized that my eyes glazed over. Again, I'm not renown for empathy, and having never had my organs coerced away from me (even the chapter on egg donation didn't resonate with me because it focused on folks I couldn't identify with--meanwhile, I could see myself in the doctor/scientist role pretty easily), I found most of it pretty boring. This is the 2nd first-person non-fiction book I've read where I have felt that the narrator ruins the telling by making it too personal--too much like he's really trying to draw me into caring about the people in the story, or how hearing the stories made him feel himself. I think I'm too used to reading scientific literature where all I have to care about are the results of the experiment and how it was conducted, not how the data made anyone feel. This book may be good for people who want to feel emotions about the injustices occurring around the world, but it definitely wasn't my cup of tea.
review 2: This book is well-researched and presents information/raises questions that I think everyone should be aware of about how humans and human parts are treated as commodities. While the material was riveting and important, the writing left something to be desired; I felt like the complexities of the ethical questions could have been presented more strongly and some of the stories fell a bit flat. Still, I recommend it for anyone interested in poverty, medicine, or biomedical ethics. less

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