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From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty

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mfrisk's review against another edition

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4.0

This is a good read to learn more about mourning and death rituals of other cultures. I thought it was a valuable read but I just didn’t get as much from it as much as her other book I’ve previously read (will my cat eat my eyeballs?). It had some heartfelt moments don’t get me wrong but it felt like it could have said a bit more.

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loverrbboy's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful informative

5.0

CW, this book isn’t sad but this review kinda is

when i had to have my cat put down last year, i had spend hundreds on vet bills, and was emotionally exhausted from months of trying to treat her. i didn’t want to spend more on things that weren’t important to me. i opted to have her cremated cheaply, which meant not receiving any ashes (i didn’t want them anyway - a reminder of how very dead she was and would now always be). i instead asked for ink prints to be made of her paws, and a little jar with a piece of her fur, and i treasure them. i didn’t know at the time that i could have buried her naturally, at home, and when i learned i could have (had i been more open about it), i was devastated. my great grandmother who i barely knew died and i didn’t go to the funeral.

i’m hoping that with this book under my belt, i can take the time to be more comfortable with death in the future.

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caddythegnome's review against another edition

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hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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burnt_milk's review against another edition

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adventurous dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

Does this count as a travel memoir for the StoryGraph genre challenge? sort of maybe probably not, but I'm shoving it in there anyway.
This is a beautiful collection of the author's recounts of her travels, constantly questioning why we have this separation and fear of our dead. It was a short but interesting overview of how a few different cultures remember, celebrate, and care for their community members in death practices. The way we (speaking from Australia) treat death is so sanitised, this book feels hopeful in challenging some of our psychological blocks surrounding it.
I for one, can't wait to disintegrate into human compost.

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glitterdeww's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

This is excellent. I think just about anyone could find this book both incredibly interesting and incredibly helpful.

On its face, From Here to Eternity is a thorough examination of a multitude of death practices found around the globe, and it succeeds in that in beautiful detail. But even more so, this is a thoughtful study on the grieving process. As Caitlin Doughty illustrates the stark realities of death, the reader can sense her deep curiosity and compassion surrounding her trade. There was also a lot to this book that was surprisingly funny (because in the face of death, if we're not laughing were crying... So why not try for an even split.)

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reed1515's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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izzyw's review against another edition

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challenging funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

slayed. perfect balance of morbid descriptions and lighthearted, informative commentary, my only issue is that i wish it was longer, i feel like the topics could’ve been explored more in depth. all in all the conversation of death was offered up in a easy to digest and comforting package. (note: the illustrations were also very good)

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