Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

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

115 reviews

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: Ableism and Suicide attempt

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, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide attempt

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: Ableism, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Infidelity and Rape

maddiearthur's review

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Biphobia and Child death

Minor: Self harm

ekcronin1's review

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Murder

del_phinium's review

inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape

joctrem's review

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

emsim's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Genocide, Infertility, Rape, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Classism

emilysbookishlife's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt