Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

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

14 reviews

starscattered's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Beautiful, clever, and thought-provoking. This is a wonderful novel and I tore through it (definitely didn’t stick to the Life’s Library timings on this one, I started it early and I honestly couldn’t put it down). This part biography, part memoir is a real lesson in nuance and how we see (and how we should see) the world around us. Stunning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Forced sterilisation and sterilisation laws

kelseyland's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

An incredibly moving and thought-provoking book about the problems with making assumptions and attempting to reduce the complexity of life to neat, orderly narratives. The way in which Miller first introduces and then problematizes the subject of the book (David Starr Jordan, a taxidermist and eugenicist) is fascinating, as is the way she weaves in details about her own existential crisis. This book is intense at times (see content warnings), but also breathtaking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Racism, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual violence, Self harm, Infertility, Animal death, and Child death

Minor: Rape, Confinement, and Murder

jeanneerin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Torture

Moderate: Alcoholism, Ableism, Addiction, Violence, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Grief, Death, Confinement, Death of parent, and Child death

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, and Car accident

Forced sterilization, eugenics, depression, Trump, Confederate statues, Proud Boys

ddeskin's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective

5.0

Incredible book. Wove together personal memoir, biography, pop science, and history into an extremely captivating story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Mental illness, Sexual violence, and Infertility

Minor: Infidelity, Death, Confinement, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Additional mentions of eugenics. The author deals with all topics with grace and is careful to contextualize and add moral implications.