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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
10 reviews
nikenacs's review against another edition
4.75
The ins and outs of the crematorium are interesting enough, but the true strength of this book is in its reflections on our society's attitude towards death. Absolutely 10/10 on that front. As someone who has had little to no contact with death in my personal life, this gave me a lot to think about.
Very US-centric, which is not a bad thing, but instead made me very curious to research how the funeral industry works in Germany, and Western Europe in general.
A tad superficial at times, oftentimes a chapter ended just when I felt like we were really getting into it. I appreciate that it combined more light-hearted personal memoir elements with philosophy and history as well as politics, but it could have been a tad more of the latter for my taste.
But all in all, I'm not being hyperbolic when I say this opened my eyes on how we treat both our dead and our dying. Will be recommending, will be checking out more of Doughty's work.
(And on a personal note, I knew I was right when I wanted to set up my testament and funeral wishes when I was in elementary school! Take that, parents.)
Graphic: Gore, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Vomit
Moderate: Cancer, Violence, Cannibalism, Fatphobia, and Terminal illness
Minor: Addiction, Miscarriage, and Abortion
vanesst's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, and Blood
Moderate: Vomit, Terminal illness, Animal death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Car accident
pettypierrot's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Child death, and Gore
Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Vomit, and Terminal illness
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
cooper_reads_books's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Child death
Moderate: Terminal illness, Sexism, Medical content, Racism, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, and Vomit
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
mermaidsherbet's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Vomit, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Excrement
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Body shaming, and Grief
Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Classism, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness
lailams's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Excrement, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Vomit and Gore
elizlizabeth's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief
Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Minor: Vomit, Trafficking, Cancer, and Miscarriage
babayaga1989's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, and Child death
Moderate: Cancer, Suicide attempt, Cannibalism, Vomit, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Excrement, and Chronic illness