Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Megeszi ​a macskám a szememet, ha meghalok? by Caitlin Doughty

54 reviews

sskroh's review against another edition

2.75

informative medium-paced

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I wanted to like this book but the particular brand of humor actually managed to get in the way of what would otherwise have been very interesting information. I just had to accept that it wasn’t written for me, and likely would only be amusing to the purported askers of questions (children) or those who would usually be terribly bored by a non-fiction book about death. Also I had to listen to it at 1.25 speed…VERRRRY slow narration. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Medical content

Moderate: Animal death, Excrement, Cannibalism, Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty, Gore, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Medical trauma, War, Injury/Injury detail

nyhofs's review against another edition

4.75

funny informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cannibalism

The content is descriptive and graphic but done in a way that is educational and demystifying and presented in ways to destigmatize and bring understanding about the processes of death.

pvp_niki's review

5.0

dark emotional funny informative fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcohol, Colonisation, War

Minor: Terminal illness

bhahnert's review against another edition

3.5

dark funny informative slow-paced

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I love all of Doughty's work, but this book format was less intriguing to me. Her other two works are engulfing, drawing the reader in and getting into the dark and more emotional aspects of death, which I much prefer. However, WMCEME? is a nicely paced, digestible book for all ages about death. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

rednomii's review against another edition

4.5

funny informative fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content

thirdtimesacharm's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Excrement, Medical content

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Death of parent, War

zvbooks's review against another edition

4.5

funny informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Excrement, Medical content, Death of parent

Minor: Blood, War

mxawprince's review against another edition

5.0

funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

haydenjakob18's review against another edition

4.5

dark funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

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Very informative and fun book about what happens after we die. Covers some interesting questions like why don’t bugs eat bones? why do we all fit in urns after cremation when we’re different sizes? and why do we turn colors after death?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

haileyhardcover's review against another edition

5.0

funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

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Kids ask the darndest questions! In Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, Caitlin Doughty answers this and other questions frequently asked to her by the world’s most curious little deathlings. 

What would happen to an astronaut body in space? Will I poop when I die? What would happen if you died on a plane? (You’re not going to like the answer to that one!) We eat dead chickens, why not dead people? Can we give grandma a Viking funeral? These and more are all answered by Caitlin in an easy to understand way. This book is definitely written for adults, but even kids could understand most of her responses. Caitlin writes like she speaks and, while not everyone can get away with that, Caitlin does it perfectly. Reading her books feels like she’s sitting there with you, telling you stories and answering all of your questions about death, decay, and the death industry.

You’ll laugh, you’ll get grossed out, and you’ll learn a lot! 

I grew up with a very death-positive mom who instilled in me an acceptance of and fascination with death from a young age. I even went to beauty school with the hopes of doing hair and makeup for the deceased (a la Jamie Lee Curtis in My Girl) before learning that cosmetology school isn’t necessary for that and, also, most morticians do that work themselves… whoops. Naturally, I’ve been a fan of Caitlin Doughty and her Ask A Mortician channel on YouTube for years. I read one of her earlier books, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes a few years ago and it, too, was fantastic. I highly recommend her books and her YouTube videos!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Torture, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism