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terrym10's review against another edition
4.0
This book was fascinating. I actually learned quite a lot. The author/narrator was a mortician in the Bay Area of CA where I grew up. During the book she tells us about death practices worldwide throughout history. Death is a subject no one really wants to talk about, let alone think about, but it’s really important to do so. I believe she has a few more books and I plan on looking them up now!
thepetitepunk's review against another edition
A very informative, humorous book on a topic I knew nothing about. The narrator does a great job of taking a usually very heavy, sensitive topic—death—and putting a more lighthearted spin on it. Even if you have no prior interest in death and funerals, I would give this one a try, especially if these are topics you tend to avoid thinking or talking about. Not only does this book inform you of death practices, how bodies are prepared for a funeral, cultural beliefs, etc., it also encourages the reader to think about death in a new light. Fascinating, but will also make you ponder your own relationship with mortality.
hollywobble's review against another edition
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informative
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medium-paced
4.25
_because_she_reads's review against another edition
4.0
I didn’t really know what to expect going into this book, just that death would be spoken about. But my whole perspective has shifted and I feel like through Caitlin’s words I’ve found more clarity in a subject I’ve never would have really thought about.
Her stories while, some devastating and some hard to imagine, had lessons and were real. No one wants to think about their own deaths but we should also not be in denial that it does happen! It will happen and ignoring it won’t make it go away.
I laughed, I cried, and I learned! It was really good!
Her stories while, some devastating and some hard to imagine, had lessons and were real. No one wants to think about their own deaths but we should also not be in denial that it does happen! It will happen and ignoring it won’t make it go away.
I laughed, I cried, and I learned! It was really good!
angelatian30's review against another edition
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funny
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4.0
ginnypig's review against another edition
challenging
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hopeful
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medium-paced
5.0
princessti666's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely fantastic read. Filled with laughs and catharsis about something we all have to face eventually no matter how hard we work to avoid it.