Reviews tagging 'Murder'

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

52 reviews

quarcusrubrum's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Car accident

anarchyandmaybecake's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

This book has managed to stick with me, and it has gained a permanent spot both on my bookshelf and in my head.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Violence and Murder

Eugenics

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

violargento's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape and Murder

greentearex's review against another edition

informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

Really enjoyed the audio book, you can tell by the delivery that the author worked/works for NPR. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

A lesson in embracing chaos/nihilism, and never meeting your heros

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

kathleendayle's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Animal death and Murder

ehmannky's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

I truly did not know what to expect with this book, but on the whole I thought it was a fine memoir/biography with a little bit of science sprinkled in. I don't think it's particularly mindblowing and I think it's definitely overhyped, but overall it was fine. I didn't know anything about David Star Jordan, and now know he was an awful eugenicist (and honestly odd to sort of have that be a Big Reveal when it's in the intro paragraph to his wikipedia page) who probably had Jane Stanford murdered for rightfully trying to get him to face consequences. The best parts of the book are Miller's interviews with survivors of the sterilization program and the bit about taxonomy at the end. 

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Content Warnings

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

averydappercat's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book has validated a feeling I've had for a while. I've been wanting to diversify the kinds of books I read in the past year or so and in doing so, started reading classics, nonfiction, and horror (genres I never used to read). This book felt the bridge that connected my foray into nonfiction and give me a much bigger understanding of things I did not expect to gain an understanding of. I expected this book to give a specific kind of catharsis and though I did not get that, I think I got something more profound that will stick with me in life moving forward.

I can't add this content warning in the tags because it's not on there for some reason, but content warning for

eugenics.

It really just shows up in the most unexpected places. It's not explicit and the topic is handled very well, so if you want to be in for a surprise and know you don't have triggers, then I recommend that you don't open the spoiler tag. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Murder

camilleberedjick's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Suicide