Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

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

5 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

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

rtaire's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Very interesting to learn about death rituals and practices in other cultures. I think the book is successful in making the reader stop and reflect upon current American practices surrounding death and grief. I don't think I enjoyed this book nearly as much as Smoke Gets in Your Eyes because this book is less personal, but that makes sense given that the first book is more memoir with bits of science and history added in, while From Here to Eternity is mainly focused on the cultural practices with very small bits of the author's personal perspective of witnessing and being a part of those practices. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Abortion and Religious bigotry

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

vigil's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

the idea of death in the western world, america especially, is a very daunting one. caitlin does an excellent job of showing that it doesn't need to be. while i personally wish she had gone into deeper detail (especially of the indonesian death rituals) it doesn't take away from the book that she didn't. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical content and Religious bigotry

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt