Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

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

100 reviews

val_so_'s review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Murder, Ableism, Suicide attempt, Hate crime, Sexism, Misogyny, Death, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Homophobia

Moderate: Confinement, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Cultural appropriation, and Xenophobia

saul_good_homie's review

emotional funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape

sjn_jordan's review

reflective slow-paced

0.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Medical trauma, Racism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, and Ableism

Minor: Rape, Genocide, and Biphobia

bleach226's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

melby's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I had no idea what I was getting myself into and it took me to unexpected places. Chaotic but she tied it up nicely in the end and left me with a message I’ll never forget during a time I needed it most. Fish do not exist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Ableism

susannah_knox's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book surprised me over and over again.  I don't know how the author pulled off making all the disparate elements cohere, but she did.  A moving, deep yet delightful quick read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide attempt, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Animal death, Medical trauma, and Murder

noorii's review

inspiring reflective

5.0

a lesson in hubris indeed

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Ableism, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Infidelity and Rape

maddiearthur's review

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, Infertility, and Ableism

Moderate: Child death and Biphobia

Minor: Self harm

ekcronin1's review

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Ableism, Suicide attempt, Classism, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

killeenm's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I LOVED this book. It’s pretty rare to find an author so talented that mixes biography, scientific journalism, and memoir so seamlessly. I didn’t know if I’d love it at the beginning; I thought the author was maybe coming from a perspective too different from mine. Turns out an atheist and a Catholic who doesn’t really believe that God has plans in their life might be coming from very similar places. Explored human relationships to the natural world, eugenics, psychology, taxonomy, disability, ableism, the purpose of life… I can’t recommend it enough. This book was absolutely masterful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt