A review by krismk13
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty

5.0

This book easily gets a five star rating from me. The author brought me to places I could not have imagined existed and helped me understand how different cultures around the world honour their dead. It made me realise that not everyone view death as final. The Torajans, for example, whom the author covers extensively in the book, merely see death as sleep. I loved the peppering of humour and authenticity in the chapters. At the end of it all, it made me reflect deeply of how I have seen death in my own country, which, due to its urban settings, conduct industrialised cremations and is now in the midst of disinterring thousands of graves to clear precious land for housing estates. I highly recommend this book for those who wish to demystify death.