Reviews

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty

cloudycity_reads's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

kayleighlucero's review against another edition

dark funny informative fast-paced

4.0

graceanna's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

goofymango's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.0

meaghanjohns's review against another edition

4.0

"Death drives every creative and destructive impulse we have as human beings. The closer we come to understanding it, the closer we come to understanding ourselves."

Caitlin Doughty believes that death is what gives our lives meaning and argues that our death denial culture and practices are causing us big problems. She's a licensed mortician who shares her experiences and philosophies around death (and corpses) in an effort to shake the reader out of their fear and complacency.

This book is many things: a cultural roadmap to death beliefs and practices, a memoir of the author's experiences working in a crematory, and a philosophy of what it means to experience the good death.

I definitely recommend giving it a read.

...just don't read it while you're eating!

birdyinthewild's review against another edition

4.0

Dear Caitlin Doughty,

This was everything from gruesome to morbid to hilarious to fantastic.

Thanks! 

ellaluka's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective

4.75

amymichelle's review against another edition

informative inspiring

4.25

lavalierre's review against another edition

adventurous informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.5

pk_reverie's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0