Reviews tagging 'Rape'

How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler

75 reviews

elliv's review

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4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, and Sexual assault

takarakei's review against another edition

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I really enjoyed how Sabrina uses stories or information about sea life to relate back to human existence, especially as a queer POC.

Be sure to check content warnings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Racism and Dysphoria

crisscrossedshelves's review against another edition

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5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Rape

megnut's review against another edition

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5.0

These essays weave together aspects of identity with specia  characteristics of sea creatures. 
I really enjoyed these metaphorical journeys... and will definitely listen again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Dysphoria, Alcohol, Homophobia, Racism, and Eating disorder

Minor: Drug use

creatingavery's review against another edition

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5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Rape, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Racism

bookbrig's review

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I read this thinking it might be a good fit for teen readers, and I do think it could work for teens with some clear content warnings. It's creative and moving, and deals with lots of teen relevant topics - college drinking/hookups, body image, racism, family dynamics, gender, and sexuality, plus there's engaging science and animal stuff. But it doesn't elide details. It's... graphic is the wrong word, but maybe just blunt? Honest. And that makes it both excellent and definitely not something I was in a great place to read right now. Check the content warnings on this one before you go in, because I didn't, and I wish I had. I wasn't really in the right place to read it, though I will happily recommend it to the right readers. The audiobook, read by the author, was excellently done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, Body shaming, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Racial slurs, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Animal death

abigailwleung's review against another edition

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5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Minor: Racism

hexie88's review

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3.75

This was a book my kid picked out, thinking it was primarily a science book. Instead, it’s more of a memoir, with marine biology analogies. That said, it is a good book, along the lines of Lulu Miller’s “Why Fish Don’t Exist.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Rape, and Sexual assault

phathaway's review against another edition

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4.5

Man, this book. It's a series of essays on the author's life, correlated with a different sea creature. Author is NB, but socially raised as a woman who definitely experienced comphet and I understand so much of their story as a late-in-life lesbian. Just such a beautiful read and I would definitely recommend it to any late-in-life or questioning queer. 

I also love how she really put her struggles about her body out there.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Misogyny, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Grief, Dysphoria, Body shaming, Rape, Racism, Xenophobia, and Fatphobia

dreareads_'s review

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4.5

There is so much about this book to love. I love the way Sabrina is so open and honest about their life, identity, and existence. Each essay provides us with a glimpse to their story, a story that is intertwined with a love for sea creatures and science that only Sabrina can blend together. By portraying their life through sea creatures, Sabrina opened the door for strangers to walk in and see a world that is both familiar and strange. Of all the essays I must say that my favorites were definitely "If You Flush A Goldfish" and "We Swarm". Two essays that felt both deeply personal and universal at the same time.

The only reason I do not give this book 5 stars is because there were a couple of essays where the chosen sea creatures and scientific discussions did not easily blend with the story that Sabrina was presenting at the time. 

Regardless, I cannot help but love a book where I learn a lot and feel even more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Eating disorder, Racial slurs, Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Sexual content, Blood, Dysphoria, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Grief, Racism, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault