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pixelpigeon's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Medical content, Blood, Child death, Body horror, and Death
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Cancer
belichan's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Child death, and Body horror
gracewiley's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Child death, Medical content, and Blood
asiaasiaja's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Death, Child death, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Car accident, Medical content, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Grief, Blood, and Body horror
Moderate: Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Excrement, Classism, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Vomit, Miscarriage, Cannibalism, Sexism, and Dementia
Minor: Fatphobia, Cursing, Colonisation, Body shaming, Xenophobia, and Cancer
___christina___'s review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Medical content, Death, Excrement, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief
Descriptions and discussions of tough topics are written empathicly and humorously.ssarahbbeth's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Death, Child death, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Medical content, and Suicide
Moderate: Drug use, Terminal illness, Cursing, Blood, Cancer, Chronic illness, Miscarriage, Dementia, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit
angelanoelle's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Death, Child death, and Body horror
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Addiction
Minor: Car accident and Dementia
cruelaz's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Body horror, Cancer, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Dementia, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content
gwendle_vs_literature's review against another edition
4.0
Accidental pairing that I now recommend:
I happened to read this immediately after finishing “As I Lay Dying” — which may seem like I was on a theme, but it was just a coincidental timing of wait lists at the library. However, if you want to compare a factual discussion of death and our rituals surrounding it (past and present) with a classic of American literature on that topic written and set in a time after more modern death “management” (ie embalming and/or quick burials) had taken firm root, but when poverty and a desire to honour the last wishes of the dead lead a family to ignore those conventions, then it’s a pairing I can recommend. Caitlin’s information certainly made Faulkner’s novel more interesting for me by providing extra layers of context. Particularly if you have to read Faulkner for an English class, pairing it with “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” could make it more enjoyable for you, and could also provide some good essay topics.
Graphic: Death and Body horror
Moderate: Child death, Murder, Suicide, Blood, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Death of parent, Excrement, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
taleofabibliophile's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Body horror, Child death, Suicide, Car accident, Cannibalism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Gore
Moderate: Mental illness, Dementia, and Pregnancy
Minor: Drug use, Racism, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Cursing, Cancer, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, and Sexism
CW: mention of JKR