Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

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

47 reviews

zenlena's review

funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

I really liked this style of writing. Loved the authors allegories and metaphors, I will forever remember the phrase "cosmically impotent fist" and the vision of toads and eagles wearing plaid shirts.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Self harm

asterlee's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

This book was a warm, brutal, gentle, gut wrenching hug I didn’t know I needed 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Suicide attempt

jraley_writes's review

informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

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

who2's review

emotional informative medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Self harm

texas666's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Religious bigotry

Descriptions of seizure, graphic discussion of forced sterilization

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

readingpicnic's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Infidelity and Self harm

pipn_t's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

This was an alright book that I despised deeply when it became clear it was a biography and not a science book.  I guess it’s a good example of why you shouldn’t read books based on a cool title.  Did not enjoy nor come to care about the man being biographies at all.  The title subject of the book was tacked on at the end.   Didn’t appreciate that the author was trying to convert me to her nihilistic worldview, if I’m using the right word.  Content warning for extended discussion of eugenics.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Racism

heychickadee's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

There is a lot of discussion about eugenics and forced steralization in tje second half of the book.