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

12 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

mobooks_mojoy's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

Moderate: Fatphobia, Violence, Grief, Homophobia, and Body shaming

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

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Sexual assault, and Animal death

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

thewileyseven's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Violence, Eating disorder, Homophobia, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault

hannahpings's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

an absolute stunner. perspective and experience are critical and beautiful, and i feel so lucky––though "lucky" doesn't feel nearly like strong enough a word––to have been able to bear witness to imbler's.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Genocide, Xenophobia, Sexual content, Rape, Sexual assault, War, Animal death, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Violence, and Transphobia

Minor: Medical content, Body horror, Stalking, and Pandemic/Epidemic

ecn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Like watching planet earth with your queer friends while they info dump about everything not included in the Doc. Amazing and I wish it was a billion times longer

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Sexual assault, Racism, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Violence, and Rape

lia_brd's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Such a great mix of information, emotion and experiences. This was wonderfully crafted and such an amazing read.
If you're looking to learn about sea creatures and to reflect on society/race/queerness, I highly encourage you to pick this up!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Mental illness, Sexism, Body shaming, Pandemic/Epidemic, Homophobia, Rape, Misogyny, Animal death, Racism, Death, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Fatphobia

yuyuv's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Violence, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Racism, Toxic relationship, and War

robinks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

I did not want this book to end. For a nonfiction book, it read so easily. Imbler seamlessly weaves stories from their own life with how fascinating sea creatures live, the parallels so clear and beautifully constructed. The first chapter If You Flush a Goldfish drew me in immediately, and I was especially hooked after the chapter Hybrid, as a mixed-race person. Imbler captures nuance, complexity, and what is yet unknown so well, and I will continue to recommend this book to everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Animal death, Misogyny, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual violence, Rape, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, and Racism

Moderate: Classism, Pedophilia, Homophobia, Transphobia, Sexual content, Death, and Bullying

Minor: Alcohol, Mass/school shootings, Vomit, and Religious bigotry