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Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?
348 pages
A delightfully macabre and surprisingly cheerful exploration of the messy, fascinating realities of what happens to our bodies after we die.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like sitting down with a delightfully eccentric, incredibly knowledgeable friend who is more than happy to indulge your darkest, weirdest questions. The question-and-answer format gives it a wonderfully brisk pace, making it easy to devour in a single sitting or dip into whenever morbid curiosity strikes. Despite the inherently grim subject matter, the atmosphere is never heavy or depressing; instead, it is infused with a lighthearted, reassuring energy that strips away the taboo surrounding mortality. The prose is sharp, witty, and accessible, balancing scientific facts with a wry sense of humor. It is the perfect read for anyone who loves weird science, macabre trivia, and finding comfort in the fascinating, messy realities of human biology.
- Mood
- curious
- lighthearted
- reassuring
- macabre
- Tone
- wry
- candid
- educational
- morbidly funny
- accessible
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- demystifying death · morbid curiosity · bodily decay · scientific inquiry · facing mortality
- The writing
- Conversational and witty, blending scientific precision with a delightfully irreverent sense of humor.
- The arc
- Moves from squeamish, morbid curiosity to a comfortable, amused acceptance of our inevitable biological fate.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love weird science, macabre trivia, and aren't afraid to laugh at the messy realities of human biology.
Content notes
- death and dying
- bodily decay
- clinical gore
- animal death
About the book
What would happen to an astronaut’s body in space? • Will I poop when I die? • Can we give Grandma a Viking funeral?
Everyone has questions about death. In Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, best-selling author and mortician Caitlin Doughty answers the most intriguing questions she’s ever received about what happens to our bodies when we die. In a brisk, informative, and morbidly funny style, Doughty explores everything from ancient Egyptian death rituals and the science of skeletons to flesh-eating insects and the proper depth at which to bury your pet if you want Fluffy to become a mummy. Now featuring an interview with a clinical expert on discussing these issues with young people—the source of some of our most revealing questions about death—Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? confronts our common fear of dying with candid, honest, and hilarious facts about what awaits the body we leave behind.
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