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specificwonderland 's review for:
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
by Caitlin Doughty
dark
informative
fast-paced
Liked the writing and narration. The topics stayed somewhat surface level. The end turned into a textbook or philosophical exercise. It was like the first 3/4 was saying, "Ewwww isn't this wild?" and the last 1/4 was about the future of the funeral industry and how we do/should/could view mortality. It was ok. I also added a few trigger warnings to larger bodies. I thought the scene felt a little (more accurately "moderately") judgey/predatory.
Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail