Reviews tagging 'Blood'

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

37 reviews

toastyghosty13's review against another edition

dark funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

I have really grown to love Caitlyn Doughty’s works about her time in the funeral industry. This one takes it even further, a compendium of all of the strange death related questions she has been asked by children that we all want to know the answers to. 

I think this might be one of my favorite books by her, because it is so silly and childlike with the questions (probably because they were literally asked by children). I appreciated that the questions were so creative and that she had such lengthy answers to them. 

If you are interested in what happens to our bodies after we die, this is a great way to learn more without getting too deep and too serious about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Medical content

rea1997's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

I always enjoy Caitlin Doughty's writing and this time was no different, her voice as an author keeps you interested from the first page to the last

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Blood, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

blueroo's review against another edition

funny informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Excrement, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Terminal illness, Grief, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, and Blood

anjasshelf's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

dark funny informative fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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 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

a_novel_craving's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

francescaastraea's review against another edition

challenging funny informative fast-paced

4.0

This really is the book I wish I had read as a child, huh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

blueyogi's review against another edition

dark funny informative medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

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.