Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

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

153 reviews

crabbytaco's review against another edition

hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death

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

violargento's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape and Murder

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

emdowd's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

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

jlbutler's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

misha_ali's review

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

chromatography's review

adventurous dark hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts