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The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster by Sarah Krasnostein
18 reviews
jourdanicus's review against another edition
4.0
I also expected more gory and gross descriptions of trauma cleanings. Instead, I was given a compassionate and empathetic reflection on the human condition, what it means to be connected, and what can happen to us if we lack connection with other people.
Honestly I think this book was more beautiful than I could appreciate.
There was definitely some language regarding gender that some people might find dated. But I trust that the author, in working so closely with Sandra, reflected Sandra's experience of herself in a way of which Sandra would approve.
I also could have used some sort of warning before the fairly graphic description of Sandra's experience of sexual assault, but I've come not to expect content warnings in books more than a couple years old at this point.
Graphic: Sexual assault and Transphobia
Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Deadnaming, Death, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, and Medical content
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, and Murder
Content warning for hoarding disorderkiwichill's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Graphic descriptions of abuse. Rape, hoarders' housessorcha's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Blood, Excrement, Murder, and Abandonment
Moderate: Chronic illness, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Police brutality, Dementia, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cancer, Deadnaming, Drug use, Hate crime, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Dysphoria
emillyrw's review against another edition
2.0
Please read the trigger warnings before diving in to this.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Gore, Suicide, Murder, Outing, and Abandonment
Minor: Animal death, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail
Death of a pregnant womanchelseylb1988's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
a_wild_wyatt's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Murder, and Pregnancy
dananana's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Transphobia, Excrement, Murder, Abandonment, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
sammyd's review against another edition
3.5
This book wasn't what I was expecting, with it being more a biography of Sandra Pankhurst than a book about her work as a trauma cleaner. That being said Sandra has had a varied, traumatic, interesting and courageous journey which was fascinating to read about.
I really wanted to like this book and rate it higher but despite enjoying a good deal of it, the only reason I finished it is because I wanted to know how the story concluded in terms of Sandra's present life.
This could have been two distinct books, i would have preferred to read either a biography of Sandra Pankhurst or about her business as a trauma cleaners rather than the mash up it became.
Just to add to the mix, the author told her parts of her own story and seemed to worship Sandra which made me question the authenticity of the writing. Sandra acknowledged that she is an unreliable narrator and her story is fascinating still, but I think this shouldn't have been drawn to the forefront quite so much and instead the focus should have been on what she she did know. The author also seemed to be passing judgement throughout the whole book which felt out of place and unnecessary.
There was some very flowery writing and some bizarre metaphors, overall I think the writing style detracted from the tale being told and the two elements of biography/trauma cleaning should have been either more equally discussed or one omitted entirely.
Not for the faint-hearted, the trigger warnings are lengthy.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Excrement, Murder, and Pregnancy
chubby_little_butter_books's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Transphobia
Moderate: Police brutality and Murder
daleee's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Murder, and Outing