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Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller
64 reviews
fridayreads's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Racism, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Misogyny, Alcohol, Death, Slavery, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Addiction
whatannikareads's review against another edition
2.75
i’m a mixed bag of emotions about this book. after about halfway through i think the first half of the book was completely unnecessary/a different book altogether. i fell asleep quite a few times during the first half. the second half was much more interesting, but i kept getting whiplash on the organization of it; we kept switching from history to memoir to social science. i don’t feel the memoir section was expanded enough to be super engaging. the connection between the writer and david star jordan, aside from her research of him, felt like a reach. i think if she has developed her story more, or just made it a completely separate book, it could’ve been more enjoyable. the whole book could’ve just been 3 different articles tbh. it felt like reading a really long op-ed and i don’t think ot should’ve been a book tbh.
also again, i don’t know if talking about how shitty his beliefs were in the second half made up for how nicely he was portrayed in the first half?? it was just very clearly not written by a person of color lol.
Moderate: Medical trauma, Death, Racism, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Ableism
itschelseaw's review against another edition
4.0
The structure of the book was great; to go from initially learning about David Starr Jordan and how he broke from the conventional wisdom of the day, to learning how he imposed conventional wisdom on others, to eventually how he fostered eugenics in the United States (and gave the Nazi the blueprint for their genocide). It's a wonder that he's still celebrated considering how horrid he was at the end of his life.
The scene with Anna and May was especially touching; I couldn't stop crying while reading it. The tenderness they have for each other, the love and respect after all these years. My heart broke for Anna and incandescent rage filled me at David Starr Jordan and what he championed.
It's interesting how someone who devoted his life to understanding the natural world ended up ultimately having such a bad understanding of it. Unfortunately his misunderstanding of the world has led to terror and usurping bodily autonomy for far too many individuals. The twist at the end of fish not really existing as their own category of animals? Chef's kiss.
Moderate: Medical trauma and Infertility
jes312's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Medical trauma, Murder, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Suicide
Minor: Infidelity
beanqueen_'s review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Classism, and Ableism
hannahmci's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Forced institutionalization
erictb's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Death and Racism
Minor: Rape
fsouthworth's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma
decie's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Ableism
cornfusedsnow's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Ableism and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Infertility, Rape, Self harm, and Sexual assault