A light hearted and educational read about a subject not many are willing to become informed about. The author is respectful and at the same time down to earth enough to find the subtle humor not just in life but in death. I thought it was well done and I wasn't offended at all by the personableness of the storytelling, which I actually rather enjoyed. It seems to me it would be difficult to share this information without making it personal. 
 In addition to describing what happens with human cadavers she also gives us a little bit of history on how the world has thought of the body and it's purpose in our lives. I thought the whole thing was pretty informative and a great read! 
 Here's a couple of my favorite quotes from the book: 
 "Sharing a room with a cadaver is only mildly different from being in a room alone. 
 They are the same sort of company as people across from you on subways or in airport lounges, there but not there. Your eyes keep going back to them, for lack of anything more interesting to look at, and then you feel bad for staring." 
 -- Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers 
 "The point is that no matter what you choose to do with your body when you die, it won't, ultimately, be very appealing. If you are inclined to donate yourself to science, you should not let images of dissection or dismemberment put you off. They are no more or less gruesome, in my opinion, than ordinary decay or the sewing shut of your jaws via your nostrils for a funeral viewing." 
 -- Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers