Reviews tagging 'Child death'

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

67 reviews

sabrinaleaf's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative slow-paced

3.5

3.5 ⭐️ 
This is probably my least favourite of her books, but if a collection of stories about death rituals around the world interests you, I’d suggest you at least try this. The author talks about traditional death rituals as well as future death practices society is trying to bring forward.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Abortion, and Death of parent

liss_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

A wonderful examination of various death practices around the globe, what the death and death care of a loved one means, and how perceptions of death and death care have changed

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Abortion, and Death of parent

mccabec20's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Death is, naturally, the main topic of this book and the tragedies that bring death about are necessarily part of the book. Doughty handles them all with grace, sensitivity, kindness, and openness, and I would recommend this to everyone, regardless of where they are on their journey with death acceptance or positivity. It is moving, funny, and reminds us of the value of life and those we love, even after death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, Suicide, and Death of parent

While not grotesque, be advised that there are descriptions of the physical appearance and smells of mummified, decomposing, and skeletalized human remains throughout.

h_scharff's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death

chels_ro's review

dark emotional funny informative fast-paced

3.75

Doughty dissects the western culture around death and burial by comparing it to different practices around the world in a humorous but heartfelt way that urges you to contemplate your own relationship to death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, and Abortion

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Suicide and Religious bigotry

euhfubeuh's review

funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

A magnificently informative recollection of thanotourism by Caitlin Doughty. I would highly recommend this book to anybody experiencing death anxiety or just  interested in learning about different death cultures.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

Book spoils plot and ending of Psycho and Bates Motel.

lr205's review against another edition

dark funny informative inspiring

5.0

Non fiction. Caitlin travels the world to explore how other cultures handle death. The western world distances itself unnaturally from the dead in a way that is not healthy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

tibbarasden's review against another edition

informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

As always, Caitlin's humor really comes across. It was really interesting getting history, culture, and modernization when it comes to death care from around the world. I think of her three books this one was my favorite. I would have loved to have even more cultures and locations.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Miscarriage

camelliagwerm's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Listened this on audiobook via Spotify. Really interesting to listen to while in my line of work, engaging and emotional.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

catnapping's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

I was not expecting to get as invested in this book as I did, but the author's heartfelt, informative, and occasionally humorous style brought the topic of death rituals to life in a very human way. 

I listened to the audio book, narrated by the author who did a fabulous job. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Abortion, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Grief, and Colonisation

Minor: Cannibalism and Car accident