Reviews tagging 'Gore'

From Here to Eternity: Travelling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty

15 reviews

taliafranks's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring fast-paced

4.25

In general the different cultural attitudes are described thoughtfully and always with empathy towards the deceased and their loved ones. The topic is a rough one that people who are distressed by death and all that comes with it might be uncomfortable with but this book is nevertheless potentially helpful for someone experiencing and contextualising their grief and/or how they themself would like their body to be treated after death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Death, Animal death, Blood, Suicide, Death of parent, Grief, Abortion, and Child death

Moderate: Classism, Gore, Cancer, Infertility, and Cannibalism

In general the book talks about death in depth including different cultural beliefs and actions regarding the process. There is one description of animal sacrifice that is fairly explicit, and an intense recounting of circumstances to terminating a wanted pregnancy due to terminal illness and risk of miscarriage/early infant death, not only in regards to emotions and procedures but also the reactions of anti-choice protesters.

theabee's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Miscarriage, Gore, Blood, Animal death, Child death, Medical content, and Death of parent

burnt_milk's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

Does this count as a travel memoir for the StoryGraph genre challenge? sort of maybe probably not, but I'm shoving it in there anyway. 
This is a beautiful collection of the author's recounts of her travels, constantly questioning why we have this separation and fear of our dead. It was a short but interesting overview of how a few different cultures remember, celebrate, and care for their community members in death practices. The way we (speaking from Australia) treat death is so sanitised, this book feels hopeful in challenging some of our psychological blocks surrounding it.
I for one, can't wait to disintegrate into human compost. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Cannibalism, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Miscarriage, and Suicide

tipsyspacedragon's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Grief and Gore

Minor: Death of parent, Medical content, and Suicide

mackenziedmh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicide, Child death, Colonisation, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Gore

emfass's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Terminal illness, Abortion, Blood, Miscarriage, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Body horror

clarathromycin's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Gore, Grief, and Blood

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Abortion, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Colonisation, Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, and Racism

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Racism, Mental illness, Genocide, Murder, and Terminal illness

exra's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Gore

katielaine_w's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, Medical content, and Miscarriage

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Cannibalism