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thoughtsontomes's review
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, and Murder
britnygottalent's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Cancer, Gun violence, Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Animal death, Excrement, and Abortion
idun_aurora's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
nanners's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Gore
xangemtheelibrarian's review
5.0
I began to get curious about death and medicine when my dad was put on hospice. My mother begged me to not read Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty because one chapter described the process of embalming. I read only that one chapter out of spite because I was an adult and she couldn't control what I decided to read. I'm still glad I did read that chapter.
I tell that story because if you're like me, knowing is what brings you comfort. Solving the mystery. Being able to understand the processes that happen behind the scenes. Death is one of the things that society deems taboo to be curious about. Which is so stupid because death is a part of every single life that will ever come to exist.
I'm so grateful for Campbell. I'm grateful for her attention to detail and her ability to talk about this "taboo" subject. I'm grateful for the way she talked about how encountering death over and over and over again changed her. Her journey to write this book impacted her in the same way that first responders and medical personnel are affected by the tragedies they face daily. And inexplicably, I felt closer to my dad while listening to this book.
Maybe someday I will have the courage to try to meet death the same way Hayley Campbell has in this book. Maybe this is the closest I will get until my body dies. But either way knowledge is power and solace in a person like me, who is terrified of the unknown more than anything else.
Graphic: Death, Gore, and Medical content
Specifically, the things that hurt this author the most was seeing a dead baby. If that's a trigger for you, consider the strength you have to tackle a book that does not mince words about autopsies and death.nkz21752's review
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, and Miscarriage
kmgard's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Animal death and Homophobia
idesofmarch's review
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, and Murder
asacco9642's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic
susheela's review
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Miscarriage and Murder