Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty

5 reviews

finnickdeservedbetter's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.5

Baby's (23yo's) first audiobook ✌🏻

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, and Cannibalism

sillygoose69's review against another edition

dark funny informative medium-paced

5.0

very interesting and very entertaining. learned a lot and smiled a lot. it does get explicit about the processes bodies undergo after death, so please beware of that and don’t listen if you’re not comfortable with it. If you wanna get more comfortable with death - this book is a great place to start. 
Caitlin’s writing and - in case of the audiobook - reading are delightful. 

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Content Warnings

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.

heather667's review against another edition

funny informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Excrement, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Suicide, Violence, Murder, and War

pastelkerstin's review against another edition

funny informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

brennaa's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

Moderate: Chronic illness, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide, Grief, and Murder