Reviews tagging 'Grief'

All the Living and the Dead: A Personal Investigation Into the Death Trade by Hayley Campbell

30 reviews

erinreadsslow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Gore, Blood, and Murder

beholderess's review against another edition

informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Medical content, and Child death

elvahn's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

Campbell's book is extremely informative, written truthfully and with care, about various angles of death work. The chapters are ordered in a way that allows the reader to ease into the material (as much as one can, given the topic) before exploring the heavier topics (again, given the topic) therein. 

I read this book in part because I want to find ways to help process and eliminate mysteries surrounding death, to some degree, especially after these last few years. This book helped, examining the topic through a scientific lens while also highlighting all of the care work that often goes unnoticed. If you're interested in these kinds of conversations, I highly recommend reading this book. ...just remember to take breaks! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Miscarriage, and Medical content

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cancer, Murder, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Some chapters were more emotionally challenging to read than others, so readers may want to consider planning gentle 'aftercare' rituals for their reading.

teh_niarr's review against another edition

emotional informative fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Miscarriage, Medical content, Child death, Grief, and Blood

grimmauxillatrix's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

Everyone knows about funeral directors, some people know about embalmers, but how many people know about pathologist technologists or bereavement midwives? A very good coverage of the overlooked people and positions in the death industry. 

The author reads the audiobook, and the best parts are where she lets her reading get emotional. Otherwise, her voice is flat, like she's reading a paper in front of her class. She doesn't have a bad voice or an annoying nasality or anything, it just gets a little boring sometimes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Excrement, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Death, Medical content, Drug abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Genocide, Car accident, Chronic illness, Infertility, Blood, and Drug use

Minor: Animal death

THIS BOOK DISCUSSES DEATH, DEAD BODIES AND THE AFTERMATH OF DEATH IN EXPLICIT DETAIL. THE SUBJECT IS HEAVY AND TREATED WITH APPROPRIATE GRAVITY AND RESPECT, BUT IT IS VERY DETAILED. IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU CAN HANDLE LISTENING TO AN UPSETTING STORY ABOUT A DEAD BABY, DO NOT READ THIS BOOK

havelock's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Grief

c410berry's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Body horror, Death, Child death, Grief, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Murder

kitausu's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Sometimes funny, often sad and difficult, this was such an amazing read. It absolutely is not for the faint of heart, but if you can, I would highly recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Medical trauma, Death, Blood, Cancer, War, Car accident, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Excrement, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Violence

amandat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Grief, Medical trauma, Gore, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide, War, and Violence

Not for everyone, but I found it absolutely fascinating!

miss_magenta's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence, Murder, and Cancer