Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

De aquí a la eternidad by Caitlin Doughty

33 reviews

euhfubeuh's review against another edition

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.

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

fionag's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

I love how informative Doughty’s books are. This was a great listen as she is a fantastic narrator. Doughty is always respectful and never criticises or mocks any customs or grieving loved ones. I would never have known about many of these death practices if not for this book. It was nice to see how far things have come since it was published, since recomposition is now legalised. I completely agree with Doughty’s stance that family should be more involved in death care and allowed to grieve fearlessly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Animal death

a_novel_craving's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Abortion, and Death of parent

taliafranks's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring fast-paced

4.25

In general the different cultural attitudes are described thoughtfully and always with empathy towards the deceased and their loved ones. The topic is a rough one that people who are distressed by death and all that comes with it might be uncomfortable with but this book is nevertheless potentially helpful for someone experiencing and contextualising their grief and/or how they themself would like their body to be treated after death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Gore, Infertility, Cannibalism, and Classism

In general the book talks about death in depth including different cultural beliefs and actions regarding the process. There is one description of animal sacrifice that is fairly explicit, and an intense recounting of circumstances to terminating a wanted pregnancy due to terminal illness and risk of miscarriage/early infant death, not only in regards to emotions and procedures but also the reactions of anti-choice protesters.

good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, and Death

avialia's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Wow, I mean I enjoy a book about funerals and death this much. I am just suprised that the author can make me this intrested in a topic I really had no prior intrest in.
I started reading this only caus the cover loked intresting. Turns out it is about how diffrent cultroes approced death and their funeral and after death rituals.

Did I have any intrest to begin? No.
Do I now want to become a motrician? Also yes.

There was a few MINOR flaws that makes this book not 100% for me. So it lands on a 
4.5/5

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Content Warnings

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

gretchenplz's review against another edition

5.0

As someone still processing her first death, this book touched me in a way I didn't expect. Caitlin Doughty is a really special human, and I'm incredibly thankful that she has made it her life's mission to normalize death.

If anyone asks, I want my body cremated on an open-air pyre when it's my time to go. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Grief

Moderate: Child death and Suicide

Minor: Religious bigotry

theabee's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

mfrisk's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This is a good read to learn more about mourning and death rituals of other cultures. I thought it was a valuable read but I just didn’t get as much from it as much as her other book I’ve previously read (will my cat eat my eyeballs?). It had some heartfelt moments don’t get me wrong but it felt like it could have said a bit more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Abortion