Reviews tagging 'Death'

Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller

36 reviews

skudiklier's review

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book was really good! I had kind of weird expectations going in that made me wary of it, but by the time I got about halfway through I couldn't put it down. It goes a lot of places and has so many really important ideas. I'd definitely recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Racism, Murder, Death, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Bullying, Self harm, Child death, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Homophobia, Body horror, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, and Confinement

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Eugenics, forced sterilization, r slur And mild/moderate people being eaten by animals

klfgasaway's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious slow-paced

4.5

Life’s library 2021

I do enjoy a good exploration of metaphors in science. It did seem a bit meandering in how the author reached her conclusion, but it it wasn’t too expansive. I’m not sure how I feel about her portrayal of David star Jordan over the course of the book. On the one hand, I think waiting to reveal his support of eugenics and his strangeness is what lent structure to the book and honestly we are talking about a white man with power at the end of the 19th century. Statistically speaking, he was probably going to have at least one highly problematic world view. She also did do a pretty good job of being chronological with his life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Infertility, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

massivepizzacrust's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

This book is a journey and the less you know going into it the better in my opinion. The writing style is addictive and funny, the emotions are real and the ideas are complex. One of my favorite reads of the year.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Racism, and Murder

slynn's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Self harm, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Rape, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, Medical trauma, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, and Murder

jeanneerin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Torture

Moderate: Alcoholism, Ableism, Addiction, Violence, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Grief, Death, Confinement, Death of parent, and Child death

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, and Car accident

Forced sterilization, eugenics, depression, Trump, Confederate statues, Proud Boys

ddeskin's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective

5.0

Incredible book. Wove together personal memoir, biography, pop science, and history into an extremely captivating story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Mental illness, Sexual violence, and Infertility

Minor: Infidelity, Death, Confinement, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Additional mentions of eugenics. The author deals with all topics with grace and is careful to contextualize and add moral implications.