Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

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

29 reviews

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

erinbarton's review against another edition

dark funny informative fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Cannibalism

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

savvy999's review against another edition

dark funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

Doughty’s signature wit and humor is condensed for younger(?) readers. Her honesty and frankness is always refreshing but here it definitely seems  less  potent and touching, but definitely because the target reading group is less intense than her previous books intended readership. Satiates curiosity and has great illustrations! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Medical content

Moderate: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

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

lizgridleyart's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Fantastic and so approachable in a discussion about death, would be happy for my daughter to read it as she grows up 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

buttercat42's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

Love Caitlin Doughty! After watching so many of her videos, it was almost like I could hear her voice in my head narrating the book as I was reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail