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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
12 reviews
cadence99's review against another edition
2.5
•the discussion of death practices in various cultures
•the authors personal musings on how best to manage the image and processing of death
What I didn’t like:
•chapters feel a bit disjointed in their themes
•the repeated use of race as a descriptor for ONLY non-white people when it is irrelevant to the narrative of the story being told
•pretty gross anti-fat comments, primarily in one particular section where she talks about her coworker declaring that despite the medical examiners determination to the contrary, the person MUST have died of a heart attack from being so fat and “This is why you can’t be fat!”- in addition to describing in great detail how fat bodies smell worse, but then dismissing the coworkers comments as “just fact” (even though he is literally ignoring fact by assuming the mans cause of death is not the one determined by the examiners professional assessment)
• in the same scene as above, repeatedly bringing up how her coworkers continually mistakenly say the person is Mexican, despite him being Salvadoran
•irrelevant added story where a coworker says they should fire bomb the city of San Francisco because it is a “hell pit”
Graphic: Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Car accident, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Infertility, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Ableism, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Suicide, Terminal illness, Abortion, Blood, Dementia, Racism, Addiction, and Child death
raisinreads's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Child death and Death
Minor: Grief, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts
indieandajean's review against another edition
5.0
I was pleasantly surprised to see that this was untrue and that this book was not only extremely well written, but was the key to understanding why Caitlin's death fascination began and how she used her experiences to start the order. This book is a fantastic piece of memoir, and it is also a great place for the uninitiated to start when learning more about the good death and the ways in which we can begin to challenge the funeral industry as it exists today.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Medical trauma, Death of parent, Child death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Addiction, Car accident, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Murder, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Chronic illness, and Cancer
Minor: Animal death
spookily's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Terminal illness, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Cannibalism, Blood, Child death, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Medical content, and Suicide
Moderate: Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Dementia, Drug use, Cancer, Classism, Violence, War, and Addiction
Minor: Sexism, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Car accident, and Excrement
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
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 JKRstarsreside's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Child death, Medical content, Death, and Suicide
Moderate: Racism, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Xenophobia, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Sexism
Minor: Miscarriage, Animal death, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and Dementia
nila's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Grief and Death
Moderate: Suicide, Sexism, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Miscarriage, Addiction, Suicide attempt, and Medical content
sammantha's review
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, War, Fatphobia, Car accident, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Cannibalism, Suicide, Child death, Colonisation, Drug use, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Death, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
mermaidsherbet's review
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