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Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller
101 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 ableismemhunsbaker's review
3.75
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
empathephant's review
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Confinement, Xenophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Rape, Self harm, Police brutality, Abandonment, and War
Eugenicskaitlyncookies's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Suicide attempt
Moderate: Ableism, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts
skudiklier's review
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Genocide, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, and Sexual assault
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, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Gaslighting
violetfox's review
4.0
Moderate: Ableism
massivepizzacrust's review
5.0
Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Racism, Forced institutionalization, and Murder
slynn's review
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, and Murder
spiderwitch's review
3.0
Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Racism, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Murder