Reviews - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory

While there’s a voyeuristic “tell all” element to keep it interesting, my main takeaway from this book was a realization that as a culture we need to get more comfortable with death. We are scared of what we’ve never seen or experienced, and the cultural practices we’ve adopted have taken us farther from reality - and instead of protecting us it only makes us fear it more.

banjowantsatreat's review against another edition

4.0

funny informative reflective medium-paced

faith1035's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

10/10 would read again.

It was a solid mix of exploring the morbid curiosity of the post-death processes and the philosophies behind them.

I’d recommend listening to the audiobook as it’s narrated by the author and therefore added a personable layer to her stories and it felt very authentic.

honkhonk's review against another edition

4.0

Would totally recommend this book to anyone who enjoyed Mary Roach’s “Stiff” and vice versa.

kasbreannah's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

shout out to my wife for the recommendation on this one!! as someone who has wanted to go to mortuary school for ages this truly changed my perspective on death for the better

cartoonrowdy's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

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