Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Los peces no existen by Lulu Miller

83 reviews

texas666's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, and Racism

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, and Religious bigotry

Descriptions of seizure, graphic discussion of forced sterilization

lynniekate's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, and Mental illness

luckyonesoph's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

I really love this blend of popular science and memoir, and I appreciate the author's attention to problematic beliefs and theories that often underlie scientific discovery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Death, Animal death, Child death, and Rape

tiffthelibrarian's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Pretty sure this is the first science book I've ever voluntarily read, and I have no idea how I stumbled into it, but I'm glad I did. Really interesting and Miller is a great storyteller, weaving her personal story into the science of taxonomy.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

Minor: Child death

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

If you like reading about science and taxonomy, this would be a good book for you. If you’re loosely interested, maybe you would as well. I am not interested in these subjects but the way the author tied the subjects into her own story about life and how the universe is not as it seems… well I was interested to know why fish don’t exist. It was good book! Definitely not what I was expecting but it was enlightening and relaxing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Death, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Racism, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Slavery, Suicide, Homophobia, Infertility, Pregnancy, Classism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Ableism, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gun violence, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

imogenclendinning's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Hate crime, Genocide, and Forced institutionalization

grey_jayne's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

I think the hype got to me on this one. It's good but I found it too meandering from the central premise at times. I did enjoy listening to it read by the author tho...and how she shared her queerness. Worth checking out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical trauma, Racism, Classism, Colonisation, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, and Mental illness

Moderate: Police brutality

llouise16's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Rape

craftysnailtail's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

A challenging read, but also an important one. A story that ended up being about topics that I never would've expected based on the synopsis. Many of those topics were heavy and difficult, but I appreciated the way Miller wove them together. The novel felt raw and human in a way that really stuck with me, which was especially surprising with it being non fiction. Also loved how the audiobook ended. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Racism, Genocide, Emotional abuse, and Ableism

confuzzledsheep's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

2.0

If you are not a biologist, or even yet a Taxonomist, and want to reflect deeply on one's own sadness in the story of the author and David Starr Jordan, then this may be helpful for you. As a depressed biologist who's been long disillusioned with the myth of a Sole Genius Scientist and has already had many of the discussions within this book, I will rate it as passing. I found this book lacking in detail on David Starr Jordans life that I expected it to have- furter discussion of the problems with the Holotype model of taxonomy, the sheer brutality of scientific discovery during the time period. This book touches on those, but never gets as deep as it could. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Colonisation, Infidelity, Ableism, Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Child death