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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
55 reviews
breadbummer's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Cannibalism, Mental illness, Suicide, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Colonisation, Pregnancy, Sexism, Addiction, Miscarriage, Racism, Fatphobia, Car accident, and Misogyny
Minor: Sexual content
nikenacs's review against another edition
4.75
The ins and outs of the crematorium are interesting enough, but the true strength of this book is in its reflections on our society's attitude towards death. Absolutely 10/10 on that front. As someone who has had little to no contact with death in my personal life, this gave me a lot to think about.
Very US-centric, which is not a bad thing, but instead made me very curious to research how the funeral industry works in Germany, and Western Europe in general.
A tad superficial at times, oftentimes a chapter ended just when I felt like we were really getting into it. I appreciate that it combined more light-hearted personal memoir elements with philosophy and history as well as politics, but it could have been a tad more of the latter for my taste.
But all in all, I'm not being hyperbolic when I say this opened my eyes on how we treat both our dead and our dying. Will be recommending, will be checking out more of Doughty's work.
(And on a personal note, I knew I was right when I wanted to set up my testament and funeral wishes when I was in elementary school! Take that, parents.)
Graphic: Gore, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Vomit
Moderate: Cancer, Violence, Cannibalism, Fatphobia, and Terminal illness
Minor: Addiction, Miscarriage, and Abortion
inthemoonlight's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Medical content, Car accident, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Suicide attempt and Cannibalism
veeples's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Child death, Grief, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Car accident, Dementia, Abortion, Cancer, and Cannibalism
burningbeaker's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Suicide, Child death, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Death
lkliemann's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Medical content
Moderate: Death
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt
aleyajo's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Suicide attempt, and Death
savyelizabeth's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, and Death
Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Drug abuse
Minor: Classism and Racism
cmlalonde's review against another edition
5.0
Caitlin tackles dark topics unapologetically and with a sense of humour.
Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Death, and Child death
Moderate: Mental illness, Cancer, Miscarriage, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
scrummyb's review
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts