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A review by grimmauxillatrix
All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
Everyone knows about funeral directors, some people know about embalmers, but how many people know about pathologist technologists or bereavement midwives? A very good coverage of the overlooked people and positions in the death industry.
The author reads the audiobook, and the best parts are where she lets her reading get emotional. Otherwise, her voice is flat, like she's reading a paper in front of her class. She doesn't have a bad voice or an annoying nasality or anything, it just gets a little boring sometimes.
The author reads the audiobook, and the best parts are where she lets her reading get emotional. Otherwise, her voice is flat, like she's reading a paper in front of her class. She doesn't have a bad voice or an annoying nasality or anything, it just gets a little boring sometimes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug use, Genocide, Infertility, Blood, and Car accident
Minor: Animal death
THIS BOOK DISCUSSES DEATH, DEAD BODIES AND THE AFTERMATH OF DEATH IN EXPLICIT DETAIL. THE SUBJECT IS HEAVY AND TREATED WITH APPROPRIATE GRAVITY AND RESPECT, BUT IT IS VERY DETAILED. IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU CAN HANDLE LISTENING TO AN UPSETTING STORY ABOUT A DEAD BABY, DO NOT READ THIS BOOK