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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
6 reviews
ju_harue's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder
maggies's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Death of parent, and Murder
indieandajean's review
5.0
I was pleasantly surprised to see that this was untrue and that this book was not only extremely well written, but was the key to understanding why Caitlin's death fascination began and how she used her experiences to start the order. This book is a fantastic piece of memoir, and it is also a great place for the uninitiated to start when learning more about the good death and the ways in which we can begin to challenge the funeral industry as it exists today.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death
gwendle_vs_literature's review against another edition
4.0
Accidental pairing that I now recommend:
I happened to read this immediately after finishing “As I Lay Dying” — which may seem like I was on a theme, but it was just a coincidental timing of wait lists at the library. However, if you want to compare a factual discussion of death and our rituals surrounding it (past and present) with a classic of American literature on that topic written and set in a time after more modern death “management” (ie embalming and/or quick burials) had taken firm root, but when poverty and a desire to honour the last wishes of the dead lead a family to ignore those conventions, then it’s a pairing I can recommend. Caitlin’s information certainly made Faulkner’s novel more interesting for me by providing extra layers of context. Particularly if you have to read Faulkner for an English class, pairing it with “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” could make it more enjoyable for you, and could also provide some good essay topics.
Graphic: Body horror and Death
Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
rtaire's review
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction and Drug use
babayaga1989's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Miscarriage, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Pregnancy