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claudiamacpherson's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Racism, Xenophobia, and Homophobia
mirto's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Ableism, Gaslighting, Infertility, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, and Hate crime
Moderate: Grief, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexual assault, War, Death, Emotional abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Murder, Infertility, Infidelity, and Rape
joctrem's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Racism
ebscaggs's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Racism
asolis's review against another edition
2.5
The content is primarily dedicated to Jordan's story, whom we come to find is a notably repellent human. The author does a good job of giving us a look under the hood at the story of someone who could be considered a scientific hero, and showing the ugliness of bigotry and white supremacist ideology underneath. But the framing presents this in the context of a memoir, even though Miller is stingy with her own story. That, despite its other strengths, makes the book feel unsatisfying.
CW: self harm, substance abuse, sexual assault, state violence
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Racism, Self harm, and Murder
toffishay's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual violence, Confinement, Racism, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, and Child abuse
Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Death
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, War, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Toxic relationship, and Car accident
junefish's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Ableism, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Animal death, Infertility, Infidelity, Racism, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Rape, Death, and Alcoholism
Includes content about the history of eugenics and the personal experiences of people who were forcibly sterilised.katsmedialibrary's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Ableism and Racism
Eugenicsthehutonfowlslegs's review against another edition
5.0
• fish
• actually, fish don’t exist, so no fish
• icthyology and taxonomy
• existentialism
• the life of david starr jordan
• the life of lulu miller
• murder
• love
• loss
• darwinism
• eugenics
• attempts to bring order to an ever-chaotic world
• the questioning of everything you think you know
• a single footnote
• a sound clip of the author teaching her child how to say “fish” (provided your reading medium is the audiobook)
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Ableism, and Child death
Moderate: Murder and Racism
emmafstover's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Misogyny and Medical trauma
Minor: Racism