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

23 reviews

maddiearthur's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful inspiring reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Medical content

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Dementia, and Car accident

angelanoelle's review against another edition

dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Addiction

Minor: Car accident and Dementia

cruelaz's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Body horror, Cancer, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Dementia, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

nila's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Sexism, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Miscarriage, Addiction, Suicide attempt, and Medical content

sammantha's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, War, Fatphobia, Car accident, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Cannibalism, Suicide, Child death, Colonisation, Drug use, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Death, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

rtaire's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I love memoirs, but I was pleasantly surprised by how the author interweaves the science, history, and culture of death with her personal experiences. Her writing resonates with my own anxieties about death and points me in a direction of what I might want, where to research, and potentially how to ask for it. Now I want a "good death" and hopefully will learn more in her next book (and/or her YouTube channel).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Cannibalism, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Car accident, Child death, and Death

Minor: Addiction and Drug use

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Vomit, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Excrement

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Body shaming, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Classism, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

kb_sherman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug abuse, Grief, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Cancer, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

elizlizabeth's review

informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

I saw many of my concerns and thoughts about death reflected and answered in this book, and I was given lots more to ponder. Caitlin has a way of writing these things nonchalantly and straight to the facts, while mantaining an engaging and eerie, reflective vibe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Vomit, Trafficking, Cancer, and Miscarriage

zarazim's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Child death, Gore, and Fatphobia

Minor: Blood, Cannibalism, Car accident, Terminal illness, Suicide, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Medical content, Drug abuse, Addiction, Cancer, and Death of parent