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

Rating: 4/5

12/14/2019 - 12/18/2019

“Sifting through an urn of cremated remains you cannot tell if a person had successes, failures, grandchildren, felonies. “For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

As someone who also has a weird relationship with death, I thoroughly enjoyed this. The first third was very fluffy, but I guess she did have to ease readers in. The book is gold. I think I'd recommend this to people who are looking for a thinking piece or for anything "different." The insight was very valuable to reflect on.

I read this for my reading rush, but I'm also in the middle of doing philosophy textbook readings. I think this book will have a strong effect on my next paper.

Also, this is the first book I've enjoyed out of the last seven books, so I'm glad something finally caught my attention again. I'm feeling good! Carpe diem and all that jazz.

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