Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

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

19 reviews

krytykesa's review against another edition

informative inspiring fast-paced

3.0

I feel it was a bad idea to read book that makes you think about death on the one year anniversary of the full scale war in my country 😬

But in general it rather entertaining and interesting. Great choice for a quick weekend reading. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Death, and Animal death

Minor: Abortion and Miscarriage

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Abortion, Death, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Blood, and Death of parent

emfass's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Terminal illness, Abortion, Blood, Miscarriage, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Body horror

rtaire's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Very interesting to learn about death rituals and practices in other cultures. I think the book is successful in making the reader stop and reflect upon current American practices surrounding death and grief. I don't think I enjoyed this book nearly as much as Smoke Gets in Your Eyes because this book is less personal, but that makes sense given that the first book is more memoir with bits of science and history added in, while From Here to Eternity is mainly focused on the cultural practices with very small bits of the author's personal perspective of witnessing and being a part of those practices. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Abortion and Religious bigotry

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Abortion, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Colonisation, Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, and Racism

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Racism, Mental illness, Genocide, Murder, and Terminal illness

cammiem8's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I’ve been following Caitlyn Doughty for years and I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve read by her so far, this is no exception. She explores death and funeral practices in various places around the world with respect, insight, and her signature humor. Fans of Doughty’s YouTube series Ask A Mortician will see her distinctive voice seeping through the pages. However, this book might not be suitable for the squeamish, death is on every page and discussed matter of factly through the death positivity lens. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Child death, Death, Grief, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Abortion and Cannibalism

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

challenging informative lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

Informative, humane and amusing (dark humor-ish) at points; preachy with a tinge of exoticism at others. I still have thanatophobia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Abortion

irl_bookworms's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Abortion, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

mariekev's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Death