Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

34 reviews

taylorlanxon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Misogyny

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.

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative medium-paced

5.0

Another gem from Caitlin Doughty 🙌 of course I wish there had been more from more places around the world, but like she does have a business to run too, she can't actually go all around the world learning and writing about funeral practices and attitudes towards death. As always, I learned a lot and thought a lot about the way I think about death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Body horror, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide

gretchenplz's review against another edition

5.0

As someone still processing her first death, this book touched me in a way I didn't expect. Caitlin Doughty is a really special human, and I'm incredibly thankful that she has made it her life's mission to normalize death.

If anyone asks, I want my body cremated on an open-air pyre when it's my time to go. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Grief

Moderate: Child death and Suicide

Minor: Religious bigotry

leefox's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death, and Suicide

Minor: Drug abuse

ehamlett's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

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

savhardt's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Death, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Abortion

pickashelf's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Grief

chelseyas's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Grief