Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

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

16 reviews

kmoz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad slow-paced

4.0

oof

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Medical content

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Blood, Pregnancy, Gun violence, and Terminal illness

kendralyris's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal death, Child death, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Medical content, and Terminal illness

arayo's review against another edition

challenging informative sad

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Blood, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, Child death, Body horror, Death of parent, Medical content, and Suicide

kmgard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Death, Grief, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Animal death and Homophobia

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

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

bibrarian_'s review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Body horror, Child death, and Death

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