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

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Fun, quick read. I would mainly recommend it to people looking for shocking facts to throw in a party, but for a more reflective take on death (with the same humor) I still prefer Smoke gets in your eyes.
Not sure all of the topics are things a kid can understand on his/her own so a grownup's supervision might be desirable.

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A funny quick-paced book mainly addressed to children but suitable for adult audiences as well. I follow Caitlin Doughty on social media and her writing style is consistent with her YouTube persona, as well as her humour. Backed by scientific research (references available at the end of the book), this easy read is quite informative and promoting death positivity in a light manner. I would have appreciated it if the explanations we're a little more in-depth, it is often seeming to skim the surface, but I suppose it is because of the younger intended audience. 

Some descriptions are quite graphic and may be uncomfortable for squeamish readers (the answer to "why is grandma wrapped in plastic" being the most graphic imo).

Illustrations are cute and a nice addition to the book. 

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 The premise of this book is simple. Caitlin has assembled some of the most “distinctive and delightful” questions she has been asked about death and answered them. She believes that by “embracing death and learning about it” it can reduce the death anxiety that many people have.

Questions include: What would happen to an astronaut body in space? Can I preserve my dead body in amber like a prehistoric insect? Can we give Grandma a Viking funeral? And of corse, After I die, will my cat eat my eyeballs?

Caitlin approaches these questions with a light hearted humour, but the answers are factual and well researched.

 “𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘶𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘶𝘯. 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺!”

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