Reviews for Poop Happened!: A History of the World from the Bottom Up

The average rating for Poop Happened!: A History of the World from the Bottom Up based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-01-27 00:00:00 Anne Richards This is a fabulous in-depth overview of sanitation over history and the unknown heroes who changed our world for the better by inventing sewers, toilets, filtration etc. I would have loved more info about the particulars about poop aside from sanitation - seriously. Like how much does human waste does a person produce in a lifetime? What can you tell about your health via poop? And, more about the history of toilet-paper. What b-room habits do people have today - ie: in some countries, folks stand, some sit. And the bidet! Not nearly enough about the bidet. However, you finish the book with a profound urge to immediately wash your hands and solid knowledge about how disease spreads. Cheerful writing, great sense of humor, excellent read in any room of in the house, including... you know.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-02-21 00:00:00 Johan Nilsson This book is crappy. (Sorry it was too easy and I couldn't resist). Honestly the book was solid (okay no pun intended this time). There was enough humor to make it interesting (and no it's not all potty humor), but the book also opened my eyes to a topic I know for a fact I never would have even thought about. Flushing toilets and decent sewer systems have been used for around 100 years. Just stop and think for a second what people did with poop before that. The answer isn't outhouses. I don't want to give it away but this book will give you more then enough info on the subject. Only downside is I found parts being repetitive. The same facts would be told three or four times, just in a slightly different way. Might not be the best read cover to cover, but skimming certain parts is well worth it.