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How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler
21 reviews
throwback682's review against another edition
5.0
Perhaps it’s a string of long strange similes that forces you to re-examine your assumptions about both marine life and humans.
How does a book flow seamlessly from Lorena Bobbitt to Brock Turner to dead whales to immortal jellyfish? From strap-ons to gender dysphoria to biracial identities to crabs huddled together on the edge of a volcanic vent at the bottom of the ocean? From mother octopuses starving to death for their babies to alcoholism to rape? From the NYC dyke march and the queer history of a tuberculosis hospital to cuttlefish camouflage? It shouldn’t all be able to fit in one book but it does and it’s spectacular. Example: at one point they perform a necropsy on an early queer relationship after a breakup.
I had to take breaks during some of the heavier subject matter and you should definitely check the trigger warnings but for me it was well worth the pain. What a brilliant piece of art. The synergy of all the myriad pieces of this book is extremely powerful.
Graphic: Animal death, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Animal cruelty, War, Xenophobia, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic
TW: victim blaming, sexual assaultmathenam's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
bike's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, and Sexual assault
dreareads_'s review against another edition
4.5
The only reason I do not give this book 5 stars is because there were a couple of essays where the chosen sea creatures and scientific discussions did not easily blend with the story that Sabrina was presenting at the time.
Regardless, I cannot help but love a book where I learn a lot and feel even more.
Graphic: Animal death, Eating disorder, Racial slurs, Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Sexual content, Blood, Dysphoria, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Grief, Racism, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault
bishopbox's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Racism, War, Stalking, and Animal death
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic
mmiles9619's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Racism
riverstills's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Rape, and Animal death
caseythereader's review
4.75
Graphic: Racism, Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Body shaming, Racial slurs, Death, Homophobia, Animal death, Rape, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic
mmccombs's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault
judassilver's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Transphobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death