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

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4.5

This was informative, engaging, and a fantastic journey of discovery, both scientific and personal. When I started this book, I did not expect to be taken on a tour through the childhood of this young man who grew up to be a person most would categorize as a heroic figure, battling valiantly against science and nature to add order to chaos, only to end up breaking down the real-world harmful beliefs of this person. Lulu's own personal journey to find meaning is an engaging thread through the sometimes colder threads of science throughout this book and I love the way she's wrapped her own search for meaning into this book's research.

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5.0

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A fascinating story well told. The author intertwines her struggle to find meaning in life with the unwavering, unself-reflective confidence a pivotal scientist had in his.

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4.5

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4.25

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4.0

Really enjoyed the audio book, you can tell by the delivery that the author worked/works for NPR.

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4.0

If you like reading about science and taxonomy, this would be a good book for you. If you’re loosely interested, maybe you would as well. I am not interested in these subjects but the way the author tied the subjects into her own story about life and how the universe is not as it seems… well I was interested to know why fish don’t exist. It was good book! Definitely not what I was expecting but it was enlightening and relaxing.

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5.0

Probably my favorite book of the year so far (I know it's early, but it was truly fantastic). The way Miller revealed elements of the story was so... I have no idea how to describe it, but I was hooked. Fascinating and deeply human.

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4.0

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garfguy7's review against another edition

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4.0

this was wonderful. genuinely so INTERESTING - but yes, as a fan of radiolab i can say the pacing and tone was kind of an odd replica. there’s a bit of millennial humour but not enough to be noticeably annoying. i was captivated by the idea that fish don’t actually exist about a year ago, but didn’t delve into it. this book makes me want to pursue marine biology seriously. maybe i’ll have more to say about this later but i do wanna say: i think the author waited so long to reveal that jordan was a eugenicist to illustrate her point without giving us a bad preconceived notion about the guy. the point is that he engages in eugenics in a horrific attempt at controlling the “ladder” of supremacy as far as i can tell. it’s all about control and detrimental categorization, trying to make sense of things

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