Happy Death Club: Essays on Death, Grief & Bereavement Across Cultures

by Naomi Westerman

Genres: Nonfiction, Sociology, Essays

112 pages, Paperback

Published June 20, 2024

Reviews

[Aggie Kidd-Ray · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book and it did make me feel a bit better about death as a concept afyer going through the unthinkable this year, however, I can understand the criticisms. Not about the tone of the book, I mean it’s called happy death club, I wasn’t exactly expecting a solemn reflection! However, this is more a memoir than essays on death across the world and the information that it does provide is pretty surface level. If the book had been marketed as a memoir of a complex journey through grief, I would have given it 4 stars. And I did thoroughly enjoy it, just didn’t quite do what it promised to

[Laetitia Mars · Rating 5 out of 5]

Doux amer, écrit avec beaucoup d’humour et de justesse, Naomi décentralise le deuil et le replace au milieu des gens, dans le partage, le dialogue autour de nos angoisses et de nos peurs.

[Paulidelrey · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Stu Napier · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not so much on death, grief and bereavement across cultures, more stream of consciousness responses to some surface-level information about death, grief and bereavement across cultures. This is less about what's written on the cover, and more about the author - which is fine, but doesn't really do what it says on the tin.

[Damian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting, more memoir than actual essays about death practices though. I would have liked more information about different cultures approaches and rituals surrounding death.
Quite a few mistakes that should have been caught by an editor though.

[Thea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good writing but both books I’ve read in this series have been let down by exceptionally poor editing.

[Amy Moo · Rating 4 out of 5]

A well written book about grief and death itself. I am fascinated by death, death celebrations and everything inbetween so this was a great lil book

[Brian Kovesci · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun. The Schitt's Creek book hit me harder. This was a bit more personal to the author. Not a bad thing, just not as generally gripping.