Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Los peces no existen by Lulu Miller

47 reviews

avrowland96's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful informative medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Racism

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Biphobia

apworden's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Murder, and Classism

gracemk's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

meliacoletta's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

The audiobook, read by Miller, is delightful! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Racism, Self harm, and Medical trauma

Minor: Car accident

emhunsbaker's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

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

empathephant's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

Eugenics

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

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

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Alcohol

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

slynn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

eschell's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I thought this book would be a strictly scientific reading on perhaps the failings of Western thinking to encapsulate the natural world, and while it did cover much of that issue, it also was a touching story about a woman dealing with depression through an exploration of a 19th century scientist. The author did an excellent job navigating the oft problematic nature of David Starr Jordan's work, personality, actions, and beliefs while keeping the reader grounded in his humanity by emphasizing her own parallel struggles. As I hoped, she did disavow many of his terrible actions and centered a large section of the book on how he hurt others-- most notably those that were forcibly sterilized due to his lobbying of eugenics that were rooted in his flawed view of a natural hierarchy. I learned about taxonomy, humanity, history, and gained what I believe to be an unusual intimacy with the author. The author also attended UVA and referenced the school several times, which was a fun surprise. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts