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

3 reviews

phathaway's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

robinks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

I did not want this book to end. For a nonfiction book, it read so easily. Imbler seamlessly weaves stories from their own life with how fascinating sea creatures live, the parallels so clear and beautifully constructed. The first chapter If You Flush a Goldfish drew me in immediately, and I was especially hooked after the chapter Hybrid, as a mixed-race person. Imbler captures nuance, complexity, and what is yet unknown so well, and I will continue to recommend this book to everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Animal death, Misogyny, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual violence, Rape, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, and Racism

Moderate: Classism, Pedophilia, Homophobia, Transphobia, Sexual content, Death, and Bullying

Minor: Alcohol, Mass/school shootings, Vomit, and Religious bigotry

dhritigupta's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

such a beautiful, beautiful memoir <3 sabrina weaves so much hope, tenderness and insight into their connections between sea creatures, their life, queerness and humanity 

i loved every essay and every creature but my mother and the starving octopus, how to draw a sperm whale, pure life, and us everlasting were my favourites 

this one is for all the little gay ppl who wanted to be marine biologists when they grew up !!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Sexual assault

Moderate: Dysphoria, Sexual content, Rape, and Fatphobia

Minor: Mass/school shootings