Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Los peces no existen by Lulu Miller

102 reviews

ekcronin1's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Ableism, Suicide attempt, Classism, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

killeenm's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I LOVED this book. It’s pretty rare to find an author so talented that mixes biography, scientific journalism, and memoir so seamlessly. I didn’t know if I’d love it at the beginning; I thought the author was maybe coming from a perspective too different from mine. Turns out an atheist and a Catholic who doesn’t really believe that God has plans in their life might be coming from very similar places. Explored human relationships to the natural world, eugenics, psychology, taxonomy, disability, ableism, the purpose of life… I can’t recommend it enough. This book was absolutely masterful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

del_phinium's review against another edition

inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape

joctrem's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Racism

emsim's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Rape, Self harm, Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Death, Medical trauma, Infertility, and Suicide attempt

emilysbookishlife's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Ableism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

dominikag's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicide

prijks's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

krillfilter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Expertly told through the author's lived experiences and narratives of the life of eugenicist David Star Jordan, at times funny, but mostly somber look at how to avoid falling into the pitfalls of hero worship, over-classification, certainty, hubris, and despair. Miller shows how grief and fear of our chaotic world has lead many of science's "heroes" into fascism, eugenics or other violent follies. Miller challenges us to embrace chaos, embrace our differences, take care of each other, and respect nature's mystery, lest we miss out on snorkling, love, and other skeleton keys to life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Murder, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, and Forced institutionalization

redrosemoth's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

Minor: Suicide attempt