kirtreads 's review for:

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

4.25

dark informative reflective fast-paced

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This book was good, but the sudden topic switch into eugenics with no warning was a little much. I thought this would be a light hearted memoir/science book like Spineless and instead it is a reflective novel on eugenics, forced sterilisation and the damage of labels. While it’s good it is a lot heavier than advertised. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma