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onlyonebookshelf's review against another edition
3.0
Minor: Cancer
bookbrig's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Animal death
sunburntghost's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, and Terminal illness
marionlundqvist's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Terminal illness, Death of parent, Death, Cancer, Animal death, Blood, and Animal cruelty
cammack1022's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Cancer and Death of parent
mollybrooks's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer
and_opossum's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cancer, and Animal death
Minor: Death of parent
julianship's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent
saphirabloom's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty
Minor: Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Cancer
fictionalalex's review against another edition
4.5
This book manages to be not simply a science nonfiction, but a memoir and historical novel too. Svensson discusses the long history and searches for the birthplace of the eel -- the Sargasso Sea -- and the modern hunt to answer the question of how and why eels return there after living decades across the Atlantic. Using the life cycle of the elusive eel as the pivot of this tale, Svensson discusses life, memory, and humanness. He weaves together personal memories of hunting eels in his childhood as the story of the eel moves through history. This book is both mystifying and comforting and wholly unforgettable.
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Cancer