Great story to listen to

Caitlyn makes listening to topics in the death industry so very easy. Always entertaining with a nice amount of humour, she is my new addiction!

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Enjoyable, thought provoking, insightful

Really enjoyable and insightful journey into a taboo world. There were some moments where I thought “I’m not sure if I want to hear this”, but the material is presented in such an interesting and thought-provoking manner, I just couldn’t help myself.

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thank you for everything you've done for my death

I've been following ask a mortician for some time now but I recently purchased the physical copy of Smoke gets in your eyes however ironically enough I've got a problems and so I decided to purchase it on audible because I find it easier sometimes to listen not only does Caitlin have a great ASMR voice and she's extremely charismatic when she speaks the bet book was funny anecdotal peaceful nerve wracking exciting and dead this lady has greatly healed me from many years of a terrifyingly crippling fear of death I have never felt so more at peace with death since Caitlin and this book is fantastic it's so informative about your rights about the realism of the world and how we perceive death and dying and the funeral industry a lot of the funeral industry really does rip our loved ones these dead bodies away from us almost like that of somebody ripping a baby out of your arms then everything is just so secretive I think the order of the good death is a beautiful and wonderful new design to help us as people as beings of this planet as animals just as equally as every other animal to learn to accept our mortality and to embrace it everybody has their own spiritual belief but everybody's going to die and that's absolutely correct and you can't control it and just having her own theory like she's had her own near-death experience and she was ready to go and this lady is extremely empowering I think she is a fantastic role model for young girls and young women and even older women and I actually wholeheartedly agree on the topic that she speaks of with prolonging death as well there's a lot of things that she touches on that really does in a way because we're so disconnected we know subconsciously in the back of our minds we do suppress it we know that she's right and a lot of these people in this death industry know that she's right but the fair fear of something or pushing it away only increases fear of the thing itself and what Caitlin's doing is she's bringing it back to the Frontline she's literally pushing up daisies if you know what I mean hahaha this is one of the best books I've read in the last decade thank you Caitlin all my love one of your humble video patrons.

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A beautiful book worthy of a close listen

I loved the hell out of this book, no pun intended.

Written with dark honesty and a touch of humour, Caitlin writes about her life, twisted along with the corpses whose lives that have ended. I learnt so much about the death industry, and how death is observed in many cultures around the globe.

Five stars all around!

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Caitlin became my most interesting friend

There were definitely confronting times but it was also a lovely coming of age story

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Matter of fact

Slightly humerours but a matter of fact look at the death industry. k k l

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The Realities of a Crematorium

This is my first book from Caitlin that I've listened to and all I can say is "WOW!".
As someone who has never witnessed a death/seen a dead body, this book showed me how delicate life can be; and also leaves me questioning what I would want done with my body when the time comes.
Also as a fan of her YouTube channel, it was great having her read it!

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An interesting listen

The book definitely gives you an interesting perspective on death and the death industry.

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I’m not afraid anymore

I loved this book - so funny. Make no bones about it there is nothing morbid about it!

I listened by a resort pool and had to move as I was constantly laughing out loud.

Not only is Caitlin Doughty a good writer and super smart she has a killer sense of humour.
Can’t wait until her next book.
Trish

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Fascinating and important conversations

I loved this book, and of course, narrated beautifully by the author herself, Caitlin opens and continues many conversations and thought provoking insights into the life cycle of death. I feel so many of us would benefit from using this content to start those conversations. Thanks, a great read/listen.

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