Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

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

15 reviews

sabrinaleaf's review against another edition

dark funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

4.5 ⭐️ 

This author was made to write books for me. Perfect humour about a subject that is enthralling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

ymziegler's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty

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

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

ceedy's review against another edition

dark funny informative lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Excrement, Medical content, and Medical trauma

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

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative fast-paced

5.0

Okay yeah this confirms that I just love this author. I love her sense of humor, it's very dark but in such a fun way, kinda like Jenny Lawson whom I adore. I learned so much and can't stop spouting random facts about death and dead bodies to people who absolutely did not ask me to do so but 🤷‍♀️ we should all get more comfortable talking about death, right? Also thank you to the kids who asked these great questions lol they're so cool before society ruins them 🫠

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, and Death of parent

emminkirjakasa's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative fast-paced

5.0

Many amazing and interesting questions about death answered, thanks to kids who asked about them. I never wondered what happens if you die in space, but now I know. The humour and illustrations made this a light read, couldn't recommend enough. 

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Vastauksia moniin hämmästyttäviin ja kiinnostaviin kuolemaan liittyviin kysymyksiin, kiitos niitä kysyneille lapsille. En ole koskaan miettinyt mitä tapahtuu, jos kuolet avaruudessa, mutta nyt tiedän. Huumori ja kuvitukset tekivät tästä kevyen luettavan, en voinut suositella tarpeeksi! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body horror, Vomit, Medical content, and Cannibalism

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