As a hospice social worker, I’m no stranger to death. I ushered many people through death and have seen my fair share of dead bodies. However, this book was too much for me. I found myself getting squeamish over dissection, and the author doesn’t spare us the extremely graphic details of autopsy, or the processes of body decay. I guess my interests lie in the emotional, social, and spiritual aspects of death, not the biological part.

This book was difficult to read in another way. The author had strange ways of wording things, so I had to read and re-read sentences to gain understanding. Sometimes the words never did make sense. My husband read the book just before me, and he had the same experience.

So, although I appreciate the author’s intent of bringing to light the people who handle the less-seen nitty gritty parts of death, I just can’t recommend this book.