Reviews tagging 'Rape'

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

61 reviews

kvmeehan's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Death, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Racism, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Slavery, Suicide, Homophobia, Infertility, Pregnancy, Classism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Ableism, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gun violence, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

alexisvana's review

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

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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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape and Racism

garfguy7's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Rape, Ableism, Racism, Child abuse, and Infertility

Minor: Alcohol and Suicidal thoughts

sweetbeetle's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Minor: Rape

imogenclendinning's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Hate crime, Genocide, and Forced institutionalization

llouise16's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Rape

rin_dawg's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape and Pedophilia

meganelizabeth's review

informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

the_kernel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape and Suicide attempt