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angorarabbit's review against another edition
1.5
Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Car accident, and Pregnancy
Minor: Death of parent
kylosten's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Car accident, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Misogyny and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Blood and Vomit
zunn's review
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness and Car accident
Moderate: Pregnancy
chemeducator's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Pregnancy
Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis
celinegaghadar's review
4.5
Moderate: Pregnancy
idesofmarch's review
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexism, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Misogyny, Medical content, Car accident, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Grief and Death of parent
satsumaorange's review against another edition
5.0
Jahren writes with sublime devotion to the natural world that she and I both love. Her way of seeing the world... Her scientific mindset that, despite all sense of self-preservation, she can never turn off... Her stories of struggle and stress and the endless clawing fight to the top of the pile... And the love, the pure undiluted passion for her craft. Every word of this book resonated with me to my core.
Over and over I found myself moved to tears because the challenges she faced were the same ones I'm facing every day as an incoming graduate student. Her words scared me, and comforted me, and showed me exactly the kind of scientist I want to be one day. I am comforted by the fact that she has "made it" through this line of work alive, despite all the hardships she's faced. Reading this book has assured me that there is a future for me in my field. I cannot express how much this book has moved me.
As soon as I finished it, I wanted to start over again right back at the beginning. I wish I could sit down with Jahren and listen to a thousand more stories from her career as a scientist. I wish I could work in her lab for a day; heck, I wish I could meet the ever-eccentric Bill! I could read hours upon hours of her exploits and scientific pursuits. Jahren illustrates the world of science so vividly, so affectionately, that her love is infectious. Wherever they are (probably in the Jahren lab), I hope she and Bill doing well.
Moderate: Mental illness, Car accident, and Pregnancy
Minor: Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
candleclaudia's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy
nsnider2214's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Mental illness, Medical content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
roaringmamalion's review
3.75
Minor: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy