rubycb 's review for:

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

4.0

emotional informative medium-paced

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This book was a pretty hard start for me, and I almost chose not to finish it. However, the last 1/3 of this book made it well worth it. It was fascinating to connect the history of Stanford University, the American eugenics movement, Darwinism, and the scientific category of “fish”. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Infertility, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

Minor: Self harm