Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

119 reviews

beccaand's review against another edition

dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cancer and Cannibalism

lixard's review against another edition

funny reflective slow-paced

4.25

• really intriguing to read about people who do jobs that i likely would never do ? 
• made some good points about how we treat death and the dead and how that interacts with race, class, and culture 
• the subversion of calling upon indigenous groups' rituals as a way to humanize them instead of using it for shock value and othering them was great - brief but good insight to other cultures 
• Doughty's voice and dedication towards more informed and hands-on funerals was strong too
• death is scary and society reinforces this by constantly shrouding the idea in euphemisms. at the same time, there are services out there that further this notion of evasiveness and cloaking the truth of death.  so that when one finally faces it for the first time, they are shocked and unprepared, creating such a negative, unfulfilling, and regretful experience that they may subconsciously continue the cycle. 
• sadly i went over my loan period that coincided with the end of my library's purchase period of the book so my other favourite parts are lost to the ether, enjoy this nibblet: 

 

the great achievements of humanity were born out of the deadlines imposed by death. he didn't seem to realize that the fire beneath his ass was mortality - the very thing he was attempting to defeat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

pescemariana's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

magic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

It took me 5 hours and 43 minutes total to read this book. 
It was really good and I highly recommend all of Caitlin Doughty’s books and work online. It’s a great way to ease yourself into confronting your own mortality. It also is a good reminder to think about and talk to your loved ones about what you want done with your body when you die. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Grief, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Body horror, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Dementia, and Car accident

caedycon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Death of parent

kaatelin's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

lexa's review against another edition

funny informative

4.25

I feel very mixed in this one. Parts were captivating, other parts I sped up the narration just to move it along. I laughed, I cried. Overall, I would read another book by this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Body shaming, Blood, and Car accident

qtcarolyn's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

carolinacortez's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

mi historia con este libro es algo curiosa, lo empeze a leer entre enero y marzo del 2021, pero nada más no podía con el, no pasaba de la página 50, así que decidí dejarlo de lado, empezando este año me propuse darle una segunda oportunidad pero de una manera diferente, leyendo unos dos-tres capítulos entre libros, y me funcionó al 100, mi experiencia fue muchísimo mejor, y me acostumbre más fácil a la pluma de la autora.

when you get older your own mortality starts to creep on you

Ahora hablando tal cual sobre el libro, creo que es un libro de esos que te ponen incomodo a propósito (llegue a la conclusión de que por eso me funciono mejor leerlo poco a poco que de una) hablar de la muerte no es fácil y es una de las cosas que Caitlin quiere acabar al final de sus memorias, pero lo hace de una manera que te cambia tu manera de pensar, te introduce a la historia de la humanidad con la muerte, de como los rituales han cambiado y seguirán cambiando,y todo con experiencias de ella trabajando en un crematorio, el como ella aprendio a lidiar con su propia mortalidad y que eso le ayudó a vivir mejor, es un libro lleno de insights y enseñanzas sobre lo mucho que nos falta por comprender que todos vamos a morir y que como no lo comprendemos ni lo aceptamos seguiremos estancados como estamos.

we are all Just future corpses

el libro te hace enfrentarte a lo que inevitablemente te va a pasar una vez que mueras, y te invita a ir pensando que es lo que quieres que hagan con tu cuerpo, el ritual que quieres que suceda.

Death isn´t happening to you, is happening to us all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child death and Cannibalism

morbidanatomy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, and Sexual harassment