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wri316's review against another edition
5.0
This is such a great book. It's informative and honest and explains what a good death is. Everyone needs to read it and make sone decisions in their life.
analuisadiez's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
lexiemarley's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
peytondani's review against another edition
5.0
this was incredible. i learned so much about the cultural stronghold on death, the issues with Western medicine and death practices, the business of mortality, and got a healthy dose of unexpectedly serene existentialism. i recommend this book to everyone.
sd227's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
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hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
veeples's review against another edition
emotional
funny
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medium-paced
5.0
This has been one of my favorite reads all year, hands down. I’ve followed Caitlin Doughty on her YouTube channel for years and I’m so glad I got around to listening to this book. Caitlin’s humor shines through that adds a bit of lightness to such heavy material, but not inappropriately so. I enjoyed seeing her journey in her relationship to death and her reflections on others’ who appear in the book and their own relationship with death. I’ve always had an appreciation for what she stands for in regards to agency in dying and opening up a conversation about death, and reading this has only deepened that.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Child death, Grief, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Car accident, Dementia, Abortion, Cancer, and Cannibalism