Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

물고기는 존재하지 않는다 by Lulu Miller

90 reviews

craftysnailtail's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

A challenging read, but also an important one. A story that ended up being about topics that I never would've expected based on the synopsis. Many of those topics were heavy and difficult, but I appreciated the way Miller wove them together. The novel felt raw and human in a way that really stuck with me, which was especially surprising with it being non fiction. Also loved how the audiobook ended. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Racism, Genocide, Emotional abuse, and Ableism

confuzzledsheep's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

2.0

If you are not a biologist, or even yet a Taxonomist, and want to reflect deeply on one's own sadness in the story of the author and David Starr Jordan, then this may be helpful for you. As a depressed biologist who's been long disillusioned with the myth of a Sole Genius Scientist and has already had many of the discussions within this book, I will rate it as passing. I found this book lacking in detail on David Starr Jordans life that I expected it to have- furter discussion of the problems with the Holotype model of taxonomy, the sheer brutality of scientific discovery during the time period. This book touches on those, but never gets as deep as it could. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Colonisation, Infidelity, Ableism, Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Child death

alexandryareads's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Racism, Ableism, Medical content, and Medical trauma

gmdho2023's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Medical trauma, Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, and Infidelity

greywolfheir's review against another edition

informative lighthearted reflective slow-paced

2.5

So many gems of truths people aren't talking about enough wrapped in so much terrible writing and juvenile explanation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Genocide, and Ableism

bookbrig's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

I learned a lot from this relatively short audiobook, but it wasn't quite what I expected. Which is my own fault for not reading a summary first, but for other readers have a heads up that there's a lengthy dive into eugenics that is well reported and interesting, but heavier than I was anticipating from the cover. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Racism

Minor: Suicide attempt and Infidelity

nhewitt99's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

aproudmc13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative tense medium-paced

4.75

I loved this book! I think the premise is really interesting because I too have thought of the gun but the beauty behind the unknown is very enticing. I appreciate the author’s candor and I think this has been a great book for people just starting to dive into nonfiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Ableism

readingpicnic's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Medical trauma, Child death, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Racism

Minor: Infidelity and Self harm

inthemoonlight's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

I genuinely have no words for much this impacted me. It is truly beautifully and completely done. 

My only warning would be to look at any trigger warnings if that's something that would impact you. I personally went in blind, not even knowing what it was about, and did not realize how dark things would be. Vital to talk about, but still potentially triggering nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Genocide, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Racism, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Rape, Child death, and Physical abuse