Reviews tagging 'Racism'

How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler

79 reviews

fayemomodu's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

This book took me by surprise. I had no idea what it was about initially and actually just thought it was going to be about sea creatures. Its about a lot more than that! Absolutely loved the writing and the authors story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Rape

jazhandz's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.5

I picked up this book because the marketing and blurb makes it sound like science nonfiction. It is not. It is a collection of personal essays that use marine as a metaphor. They’re beautiful essays, they’re very striking, but I was just intensely frustrated the whole time because of the marketing failure. I wanted the sea creatures to be the point of the book, and it didn’t feel like they were. Maybe I would rate this higher if I’d gone in knowing that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Animal death, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Racism, Dysphoria, Body shaming, Sexual content, and War

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, and Racial slurs

lettuce_read's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Racism and Homophobia

lue_moon's review against another edition

5.0

Beautifully written prose. I love all of the ways in which the stories of sea creatures were woven into memoir and memoir into the stories of sea creatures. Hits home for the little me who wanted to be a marine biologist, and still often finds sea creatures fascinating, even if bodies of open water terrify me slightly.

Most resonant for me were "My Mother and the Starving Octopus," "Morphing Like a Cuttlefish" and "Us Everlasting."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Sexual assault

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Fatphobia, and Transphobia

skbat's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, War, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Racism, Rape, Violence, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, and Body horror

sprwblvm's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Racism

amarreth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Racism, and Homophobia

sglance9's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Transphobia and Biphobia

spidergirl502's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Racism

takarakei's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

I really enjoyed how Sabrina uses stories or information about sea life to relate back to human existence, especially as a queer POC.

Be sure to check content warnings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Racism and Dysphoria