Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

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

10 reviews

jebecky's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Death

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

alexandryareads's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Racism, Medical content, and Medical trauma

librarymouse's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

About a third of the way through this book, having googled David Starr Jordan, I was ready to finish this, as a hate reader if need be. Jordan was, without question, a horrible man. The atrocities he inflicted upon the world with his promotion of eugenics outweigh any good he may have done as a scientist by multiple orders of magnitude. Seeing Lulu Miller's hero worship of the man was off-putting, the more I learned of him. However, I ended up really enjoying this book as I read on, as Miller explores her own life alongside Jordan's, she brings along the reader. We learn of the atrocities he's committedin the same order she did while conducting the research for this book. It's still hard to have the hero worship of the young Jordan, with his love of stars and rescy jokes, when faced with the knowledge of his role in the American Eugenics movement.

Jordan's hands-on malicious acts, like his touring endorsement of eugenics and the possible murder by poison of his benefactor are completely bonkers. I am constantly amazed that people Revere him, while simultaneously understanding, as I, too have been in awe of the young man he once was.

This book breaks down every facet of Jordan, from his political, religious, and social beliefs; to his family life, addressing each idiosyncrasy with data driven research.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

jes312's review

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Infidelity

val_so_'s review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Xenophobia, Cultural appropriation, and Classism

thehistoriette's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization and Medical content

Minor: Rape

imstephtacular's review against another edition

challenging informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Ableism, Medical trauma, and Classism

Minor: Infidelity, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

emhunsbaker's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

empathephant's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement, Xenophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Rape, Self harm, Police brutality, Abandonment, and War

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