A review by jes312
How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

A beautifully written book that you'll want to sit with and savor. Science stories interwoven (with creatures you've heard of and others you probably haven't) with personal narrative in an extremely successful format. Essays include: a mother octopus protecting her eggs alongside the author's experience with diet culture; the misinformation of the Bobbitt worm's common name and coming to terms with the author's experiences with sexual assault; analyzing a whale fall in conjunction with the end of one of their first queer relationships; and cuttlefish morphing abilities and bringing in multiple queer voices to explore their complex/changing relationships with their bodies.
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