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Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller
91 reviews
anagrace's review
5.0
in "why fish don't exist", the author searchs for meaning in life, since the "we are all meaningless and unimportant in the face of the universe" approach isn't exactly working for her.
she turns to david starr jordan, a prolific taxonomist who seems to go unaffected by the hardships and setbacks in life, and who keeps going on the impossible task of finding order in a world reigned by chaos.
in this journey, she discovers many qualities of jordan's she wished to have, but also some extremely dark aspects of his biography, which include eugenics. here, we are warned about the dangers of seeing others as unimportant, and perhaps of putting too much importance on ourselves, even when we don't realize and are adamantly agaisn't it.
in the end, she finds a way of dealing with the indifference of the universe by relying on uncertainty, and on the relationships we build with one another.
we matter to each other, so we matter. period.
plus: we learn a lot about the history of taxonomics, and david starr jordan's role in it, and it's truly fascinating.
Moderate: Ableism and Racism
it gives an history on eugenics, therefore containing mentions of racism and ableismemhunsber's review
3.75
Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Alcohol, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: War, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Rape, Racism, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Infertility, Homophobia, Hate crime, Grief, Gore, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Colonisation, Child abuse, Car accident, Body horror, Blood, Biphobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Ableism
empathephant's review
5.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Racism, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Xenophobia, and Confinement
Minor: Self harm, Rape, Abandonment, Animal death, Animal cruelty, War, Child death, and Police brutality
Eugenicskaitlyncookies's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Suicide attempt
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Ableism
skudiklier's review
5.0
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 animalsklfgasaway's review against another edition
4.5
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.
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Infertility, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
massivepizzacrust's review
5.0
Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Racism, and Murder
slynn's review
4.0
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
spiderwitch's review
3.0
Graphic: Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Racism
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Murder