Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

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

4 reviews

asacco9642's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Genocide, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Body horror, Child death, Terminal illness, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Car accident, Chronic illness, Dementia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Suicide, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, War, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

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.

brittbottoms's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Medical content, Death, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Violence, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Suicide, Excrement, and Car accident

burdasnest's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

 I was really hoping this book would be a good companion to Stiff by Mary Roach, but the only similarity was the journalistic approach. It was certainly informative, but the author interjected her own experiences and opinions amidst the information more than I would have personally preferred. To me, that just padded the book, and I would have preferred it to be more informative and shorter in that case. The point that we owe gratitude and grace to the unseen death workers is well taken, but I could have been spared the philosophy of the author on how she processes death. It is not humorous, and it's certainly not for anyone squeamish. But at the same time, the author manages to make gore and guts boring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Body horror, Gore, Excrement, Grief, Terminal illness, Cancer, Death, and Medical content

Minor: Genocide, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Car accident, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Mass/school shootings, and Chronic illness