A review by pun1sher
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

3.5

I've seen this book in many "weird books" adjacent posts but it feels diminutive to the books message. I for one don't think this is a weird book. It's very sincere to me and the author clearly wants to destigmatize death. 

One small irk: the chapter about the young man who committed suicide has a scene where the narrator hopes to find quote "notes from a suicidal maniac". Although on a surface level I understand that it's a joke, as someone who's been living with clinical depression and on and off suicidal thoughts it seems like a very hurtful comment to make on someone who has ultimately preferred to die than to live a day more.