I throughly enjoyed reading this book. I learned so many things about cremation and death in general. Death shouldn’t be something taboo to talk about, death is a natural process and I think she explained it very beautifully. This is definitely worth a read!

Such an amazing book! I love how Catherine Doughty has such a dark sense of humor about such a taboo subject in American culture.

BEST BOOK EVER

Working in Hospice Care and reading this helped me relate on so many levels!! Beautiful, funny, and brilliant! You nailed it! You took death to a whole new level of humanizing it without the weird awkward pink elephant! Thank you!! I’ll be waiting for more of your work!! ❤️♥️❤️♥️😘🐈‍⬛

The beginning had me captivated with a short story approach to the woes and highs of working in a funeral home. Towards the end it gets very heavy in words and downright boring. I get the message. But. It definitely made me not want to finish. Not as good as will my cat eat my eyeballs.

So interesting couldn’t put it down

I thought I was weird because I have always had a fascination with death, now I know I am and that’s ok. So grateful we have advocates like Caitlin Doughty for decency and respect in the death industry.

A witty in your face expose on the reality that we have with death; that is is hidden instead of celebrated. This book made me have a serious discussion with my husband on what to do at my death, and made me contemplate it as a whole. An excellent read.

Yes.

This book confirms all of my thoughts about what a crematorium is like. I have always been curious about death as expressed by questioning my Mom in the medical field. Should I be a chemistry major or is death the field I want to lay in for the rest of my life? You did a great job with this book! Thanks for your contributions to the death community. I look forward to your YouTube videos.