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apestforwrens's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Ableism, Child death, and Murder
Eugenicsbrogan7's review against another edition
4.0
Instead, it's a parallel story of a woman in the present day (Lulu Miller) struggling with...inertia /depression/a failed relationship she can't let go of, and the story of David Starr Jordan, a flawed human being (embracer of the eugenics philosophy and strong advocate for forced sterilizations, and quite likely a murderer as well).
I wanted to like Jordan. The entire thrust of the blurb was to like Jordan.
But then, in not liking Jordan, in fact in being utterly, completely repulsed by him...well then I was curious about what Lulu Miller was going to do with this, in her narrative. And she kind of...opened it up. Nothing is as expected. So you can't walk, swim. It is possible to get unstuck, even after being stuck (for a long time).
It was understated. But it was charming, in its way.
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Medical trauma
adeliab's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness
Moderate: Murder, Medical trauma, and Ableism
Minor: Car accident, Genocide, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Death of parent, Rape, and Self harm
katyaw's review against another edition
3.0
The author writes well, but the book really centers on nihilism and human destructiveness in the name of desperately searching for order and comfort in this world.
I wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone sensitive.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Abandonment and Rape
bi_n_large's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Racism, Ableism, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Murder, Death, Rape, Physical abuse, Infidelity, and Child death
okarenhelena's review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Murder, Death, Child death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Racism, Torture, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, and Antisemitism
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Alcohol, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, and Lesbophobia
apworden's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Classism, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, and Rape
starrynight's review against another edition
2.25
Graphic: Death, Murder, Racism, and Animal cruelty
caseywithabook's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Racism and Murder
emhunsber's review against another edition
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