Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: And Other Questions About Dead Bodies
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I love BookPeople in Austin for many reasons; mainly, their staff picks are so solid. They really are the book experts (I’m being the bigger person by applauding the competition) and I trust them, which is why I was willing to fork over $63 for a mystery book box. I filled out a short but thorough survey about my book interests and they set me up on a blind date with three paperbacks.
They truly know me better than I know myself. Devin said that he hasn’t seen me this excited about a book in quite some time. Devin and I got legally married two weeks ago so that we could take advantage of married people stuff before our future post-COVID wedding. Over the weekend, we went to Lucky Arrow, a retreat in Dripping Springs, to celebrate. I brought one of my BookPeople books-- Will My Cat Eat my Eyeballs?: And Other Questions About Dead Bodies by Caitlin Doughty. What better way to set the mood?
Doughty is a mortician, so she knows a lot about dead bodies, but she’s also incredibly witty. She makes the taboo subject funny without being disrespectful. She collected a bunch of questions that children have asked about what happens to our physical selves after death because ~kids say the darndest things~. Each chapter addresses a question. Some examples: If I died making a stupid face, would it be stuck like that forever? Can someone donate blood after they die? Can you describe the smell of a dead body? You get the gist.
I learned so much from this book. She strikes a great balance of informing readers without overloading us, so I now have concise, inappropriate facts to tell at the parties that I’m not attending because of the global pandemic.
Also, the illustrations for each chapter are creative and funny in their own right.
Doughty gives off My Favorite Murder vibes, which I understand will make some people roll their eyes, but I’m one of those annoying murderinos, so I’m into the whole thing. My murderino ass gives this book 5 out of 5 flames. I leaned and I laughed- what more could I want?
