Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

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

105 reviews

lotsaplots's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

A truly beautiful book that is also informative and interesting. The author lyrically intertwines her personal story with the story of a scientist who studied fish. It is both a story of taxonomy and a search for meaning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

bluegrayvealey's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

In the top of my 2024 reads!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

ren_the_hobbit's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

Having a biology degree, the revelation about fish wasn’t a surprise and I don’t think it hit the way the author was intending. I also had to keep reminding myself that it wasn’t written for people with a biology degree. But the history was fascinating and the correlation with the past and the author’s own life was also engaging. I didn’t know anything about David Starr Jordan and so everything about him was a surprise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

Its not on the list so including here that there is a lot of discussion of eugenics and forced sterilizations. David Starr Jordan was apparently a huge proponent and financial supporter of the eugenics movement.

rubycb's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

This book was a pretty hard start for me, and I almost chose not to finish it. However, the last 1/3 of this book made it well worth it. It was fascinating to connect the history of Stanford University, the American eugenics movement, Darwinism, and the scientific category of “fish”. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Infertility, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Minor: Self harm

rx_hydro's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

mr_ryancowboy's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book is potentially life-changing. If you have ever wrestled with the Why of your existence, this might be a balm for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racism, and Suicide

lynniekate's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Grief

luckyonesoph's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.25

I really love this blend of popular science and memoir, and I appreciate the author's attention to problematic beliefs and theories that often underlie scientific discovery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Death, and Rape

chromatography's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

alpal2020's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective sad fast-paced

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts