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Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals about Death by Caitlin Doughty
10 reviews
anjasshelf's review
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, and Death of parent
Moderate: Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cancer, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Colonisation
gothmiku's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Medical content, and Death of parent
Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Excrement, Cannibalism, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body horror, Cancer, and Blood
finnickdeservedbetter's review
4.5
This is my second book from Caitlin (I still need to read her memior but rest assured, it's on the shortlist). I read From Here To Eternity a couple years ago now but I still love it. It's my number one non-fiction rec that I'll badger anybody about that's unlucky enough to ask about it. Needless to say, I knew I was going to like this one.
I've watched Caitlin's YouTube videos for years. I nearly applied to mortuary school becuase of them. Because of that, I opted to listen to the audio version of Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs, despite never listening to audiobooks (hence this being my first). Now I haven't been completely converted...but I am running to listen to her other two books on audio now.
My problem with audiobooks is that I can never get into them because the voices just aren't right somehow, and even if I can get into them, I get distracted too easily and stop listening on accident. The author being the narrator circumvents a lot of that. Her tone and cadence fits the writing perfectly (imagine that) and she held my attention easily as I listened to it all in one go.
My only complaint really, is that it's too short. I was left almost unsatisfied by the end because I just wanted more. Alas, back to the YouTube channel I go.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Blood
Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent
Minor: Cancer, Suicide, and Cannibalism
halfling_stories's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Cancer
blueyogi's review
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Excrement, Murder, and War
sillygoose69's review against another edition
5.0
Caitlin’s writing and - in case of the audiobook - reading are delightful.
Graphic: Death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death and Violence
Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Pregnancy, and War
Content warnings not complete. The book mentions many topics in passing. It is direct and factual, but never cruel to the reader. The tone is mostly light and humorous while being appropriate and respectful.wareagle2010's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Death, Blood, Excrement, and Grief
pastelkerstin's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Racism, Terminal illness, Murder, and War
Minor: Sexual content, Suicide, and Alcohol
yeojinqueen's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Death, Excrement, Medical content, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, and Fire/Fire injury
burnt_amber89's review against another edition
3.5
Some descriptions are quite graphic and may be uncomfortable for squeamish readers (the answer to "why is grandma wrapped in plastic" being the most graphic imo).
Illustrations are cute and a nice addition to the book.
Graphic: Death, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Animal death, Gore, and Terminal illness
Minor: Cancer and Injury/Injury detail