Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Los peces no existen by Lulu Miller

65 reviews

emhunsber's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Alcohol, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: War, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Rape, Racism, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Infertility, Homophobia, Hate crime, Grief, Gore, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Colonisation, Child abuse, Car accident, Body horror, Blood, Biphobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Ableism

empathephant's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Racism, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Xenophobia, and Confinement

Minor: Self harm, Rape, Abandonment, Animal death, Animal cruelty, War, Child death, and Police brutality

Eugenics

kaitlyncookies's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious fast-paced

5.0

I didn’t know anything about this book before I started it and I’m glad! There were chapters where my jaw literally dropped because I was so shocked at the twists and turns the story took. This is the fastest I’ve read a book in a long time because I could not put it down!! Also the illustrations were breathtaking and really added to the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Ableism

skudiklier's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book was really good! I had kind of weird expectations going in that made me wary of it, but by the time I got about halfway through I couldn't put it down. It goes a lot of places and has so many really important ideas. I'd definitely recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Racism, Murder, Death, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Bullying, Self harm, Child death, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Homophobia, Body horror, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, and Confinement

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Eugenics, forced sterilization, r slur And mild/moderate people being eaten by animals

starscattered's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Beautiful, clever, and thought-provoking. This is a wonderful novel and I tore through it (definitely didn’t stick to the Life’s Library timings on this one, I started it early and I honestly couldn’t put it down). This part biography, part memoir is a real lesson in nuance and how we see (and how we should see) the world around us. Stunning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Forced sterilisation and sterilisation laws

slynn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Self harm, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Rape, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, Medical trauma, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, and Murder

anirams's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book is wonderful and beautiful and I love it. Really well done.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape and Self harm

valerlance's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I expected a biography full of taxonomy. Surprise! This book contains some of what I expected, but it's also a memoir and a philosophy text and even (for just a chapter or so) a murder mystery! I loved it so much!!! I highly recommend listening to the audiobook, which is read by the author herself and includes a wonderful, tender surprise after the epilogue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Murder

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Rape, and Racism

There's a lot of discussion of eugenics

falfy's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

I was hesitant about halfway through, but I *really* enjoyed the last half, the ending especially. This one will last with me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Racism

Minor: Rape

thewordshaker's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

What an unexpected book! Lulu challenges assumptions and belief in her quest for hope and purpose, without deluding herself on white lies to tell herself. 

Part memoir, part recounting of ichthyologist history, the book comments on the short coming of science and scientists as well as explaining the misunderstood. 

I feel some of the topics covered here should have come with a warning. Lulu talks about suicide, rape, and forced sterilization with an occasional warning to not be squeamish - but being squeamish or sensitive to these subjects is only human and also based off of experiences. It may come from a place of trying to protect her vulnerabilities but it is wrong, and it made the book an uncomfortable reading, and why I chose not to give it 4 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racism, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Physical abuse, Rape, and Trafficking