Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals about Death by Caitlin Doughty

25 reviews

finnickdeservedbetter's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.5

Baby's (23yo's) first audiobook ✌🏻

This is my second book from Caitlin (I still need to read her memior but rest assured, it's on the shortlist). I read From Here To Eternity a couple years ago now but I still love it. It's my number one non-fiction rec that I'll badger anybody about that's unlucky enough to ask about it. Needless to say, I knew I was going to like this one.

I've watched Caitlin's YouTube videos for years. I nearly applied to mortuary school becuase of them. Because of that, I opted to listen to the audio version of Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs, despite never listening to audiobooks (hence this being my first). Now I haven't been completely converted...but I am running to listen to her other two books on audio now. 

My problem with audiobooks is that I can never get into them because the voices just aren't right somehow, and even if I can get into them, I get distracted too easily and stop listening on accident. The author being the narrator circumvents a lot of that. Her tone and cadence fits the writing perfectly (imagine that) and she held my attention easily as I listened to it all in one go.

My only complaint really, is that it's too short. I was left almost unsatisfied by the end because I just wanted more. Alas, back to the YouTube channel I go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent

Minor: Cannibalism, Suicide, and Cancer

halfling_stories's review against another edition

challenging funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Cancer

revoli's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Animal death, and Medical content

savvy999's review

dark funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

Doughty’s signature wit and humor is condensed for younger(?) readers. Her honesty and frankness is always refreshing but here it definitely seems  less  potent and touching, but definitely because the target reading group is less intense than her previous books intended readership. Satiates curiosity and has great illustrations! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Medical content

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Cannibalism

francescaastraea's review

challenging funny informative fast-paced

4.0

This really is the book I wish I had read as a child, huh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Animal cruelty, Grief, Animal death, Physical abuse, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative fast-paced

5.0

Okay yeah this confirms that I just love this author. I love her sense of humor, it's very dark but in such a fun way, kinda like Jenny Lawson whom I adore. I learned so much and can't stop spouting random facts about death and dead bodies to people who absolutely did not ask me to do so but 🤷‍♀️ we should all get more comfortable talking about death, right? Also thank you to the kids who asked these great questions lol they're so cool before society ruins them 🫠

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Death, Death of parent, Body horror, and Grief

lizgridleyart's review

challenging funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Fantastic and so approachable in a discussion about death, would be happy for my daughter to read it as she grows up 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cannibalism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, and Death of parent

nitar8's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

dark funny informative fast-paced

4.5

This book answers questions that all of us have probably had about death at some point in our lives. Caitlin Doughty is a mortician and content creator who dedicates her platform to making the world feel more comfortable with death and all that comes with it. I have always struggled with a lot of these concepts so reading this was outside of my comfort zone, but I found it extremely informative, accessible and even funny. The only reason why i didn't give it quite 5 stars is just because I would've liked some chapters to have more information.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Medical content, and Medical trauma

emminkirjakasa's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative fast-paced

5.0

Many amazing and interesting questions about death answered, thanks to kids who asked about them. I never wondered what happens if you die in space, but now I know. The humour and illustrations made this a light read, couldn't recommend enough. 

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Vastauksia moniin hämmästyttäviin ja kiinnostaviin kuolemaan liittyviin kysymyksiin, kiitos niitä kysyneille lapsille. En ole koskaan miettinyt mitä tapahtuu, jos kuolet avaruudessa, mutta nyt tiedän. Huumori ja kuvitukset tekivät tästä kevyen luettavan, en voinut suositella tarpeeksi! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Vomit, Body horror, Cannibalism, and Medical content