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Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller
34 reviews
mirto's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Ableism, Gaslighting, Infertility, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, and Hate crime
Moderate: Grief, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexual assault, War, Death, Emotional abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Murder, Infertility, Infidelity, and Rape
kirtreads's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Violence, and Hate crime
kayeofswords's review against another edition
That said, I enjoyed learning more about how taxonomy got started and the ways in which it fed into ideological currents, positive and negative, that have persisted to this day. A lot of DSJ's behavior sounds a bit narcissistic ... easy to fly under the radar earlier in his life, explosive and dangerous the more authority he had. I didn't know anything about him before starting to read this book and wasn't expecting that he would veer from taxonomy into eugenics. That was sobering. Really great structural organization to all of this.
The last 45 seconds of the audiobook epilogue was <em>adorable</em> and five-star.
Also, I'm so happy that fish don't exist. I use it as a generic term for aquatic life in some of my non-Earth specfic and now feel like I can do that with impunity.
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Ableism
Moderate: Medical trauma
The author describes some heavy stuff, both in history (the eugenics movement, primarily, with all that entails) and in her own life (mental health/suicide).intpkatharine's review
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, and Suicide attempt
I keep this book on my person at all times and reread it because it feels like a safe space. It’s just so personal.apestforwrens's review
5.0
Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Ableism, Child death, and Murder
Eugenicsadeliab'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
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
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
karaswils's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Ableism, Genocide, and Mental illness
Minor: Rape
okarenhelena's review
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