Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

7 reviews

breadbummer's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

Minor: Sexual content

harrimyers's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

currently placed at 4.25 but definitely could move to 4.5. a very good, concise overview of both the american death industry, but also how the western world views death in general. the formatting was brilliant and this book has taught me so much about the death industry that i either hadn’t even stopped to consider or hadn’t known at all. it was a very interesting look at how the death industry in america has directly warped people’s views of death and their relationships with their own mortality. doughty’s personal experiences are fascinating, if slightly… concerning at times. her stories from the crematorium were the most engaging part of this book and how the author links these to her past childhood experiences with death and to philosophical and cultural views of death was highly impressive. at times, the tone felt a little too… casual? but i suppose that part of this comes down to doughty’s mission to demistify death and part because this book was made to be engaging to read. however, with this in mind, there was a few instances where this casual tone did do a disservice to her argument, especially in regards to the size of the corpses and her brief dip into her run of the bdsm scene in hawaii. overall, this book was definitely thought provoking and has definitely demistifyed a lot about death for me (coming from someone who often already considers death to be an important thing to be conscious about) as well as making me stop and think very carefully about what i want to happen to me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Car accident

Minor: Cultural appropriation and Colonisation

asiaasiaja's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Miscarriage, Sexism, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, Dementia, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Fatphobia, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Cannibalism, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Mental illness, Dementia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

CW: mention of JKR

clarathromycin's review

challenging dark funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Drug use, Sexism, Dementia, Cannibalism, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Sexual harassment

sammantha's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and War

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Colonisation

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and Classism