Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

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

115 reviews

stoolboom's review against another edition

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4.25

It’s all there in the epilogue for me, which of course wouldn’t have packed the same punch without everything that came before. Maybe there’s a metaphor in there. 
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lotsaplots's review against another edition

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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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bluegrayvealey's review against another edition

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5.0

In the top of my 2024 reads!
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jraley_writes's review against another edition

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3.0

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rx_hydro's review against another edition

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4.0

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kana__'s review against another edition

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2.0

The scientific ideas were interesting but I found that there author's personal story around
cheating
to not be ingratiating, and had I known there several mentions of suicidal ideation I wouldn't have read this book.
Additionally, I found David Starr Jordan to be deeply unlikeable -his treatment of his family, playing favorites with his children, his likely and alleged
murdering of Jane Stanford
, his role in American (and glabal) eugenics.... 

I genuine enjoyed some of the philosophical and scientific discussions around language and existence, bodily autonomy, and categorizing the natural world. The peripheral stories just weren't for me
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violargento's review against another edition

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3.75

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texas666's review against another edition

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2.75

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martha_w's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Science biography of David Starr Jordan combined with personal memoir? Seems like a weird combo, but it totally works. In a lot of ways, this reads like a classic RadioLab episode, which I love. But, it is more than that, too. 
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misha_ali's review against another edition

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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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