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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
26 reviews
kb_sherman's review against another edition
4.5
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 against another edition
5.0
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
5.0
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
ha1yan's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Child death, Animal death, Miscarriage, Blood, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Dementia, Car accident, and Cancer
Minor: Misogyny and Gun violence
Detailed descriptions of corpses in various stages of decompositionmarisa_n's review against another edition
3.0
I found the information about the day-to-day operations of a crematory interesting and informative. Some of the discussions on culture and politics were also good food for thought. Overall, I learned a great deal while reading this. I also thought the author handled the subject matter respectfully, without making it dry/boring.
However, as interesting as the subject matter was, I disliked the writing style. I found the storytelling to be jarring, and the transitions non-existent. Her life story is told in a linear fashion, but she consistently breaks into lengthy side tangents (about culture, politics, etc.) that are only tangentially related to the current subject at hand. There also seemed to be little rhyme or reason to her storytelling-- in one sentence she's talking about her day, and the next she's talking about cannibalism. I found these conversational leaps frustrating, as it made it hard to stay engaged in the story. While her main point was clear--we need to become more comfortable with death and re-evaluate our current death rituals--she never truly connected these side-tangents to her thesis.
Overall, informative read, but it could have benefited from a good editor.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Grief
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, and Dementia
rileyreadsbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death and Child death
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Addiction