Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

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

19 reviews

junefish's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal death, Infertility, Infidelity, Racism, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, and Rape

Includes content about the history of eugenics and the personal experiences of people who were forcibly sterilised.

1414's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal death and Rape

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, and Car accident

books_are_magical's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Infertility

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

skudiklier's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book was really good! I had kind of weird expectations going in that made me wary of it, but by the time I got about halfway through I couldn't put it down. It goes a lot of places and has so many really important ideas. I'd definitely recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Genocide, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Eugenics, forced sterilization, r slur And mild/moderate people being eaten by animals

klfgasaway's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious slow-paced

4.5

Life’s library 2021

I do enjoy a good exploration of metaphors in science. It did seem a bit meandering in how the author reached her conclusion, but it it wasn’t too expansive. I’m not sure how I feel about her portrayal of David star Jordan over the course of the book. On the one hand, I think waiting to reveal his support of eugenics and his strangeness is what lent structure to the book and honestly we are talking about a white man with power at the end of the 19th century. Statistically speaking, he was probably going to have at least one highly problematic world view. She also did do a pretty good job of being chronological with his life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Death, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Gaslighting

bookpunhere's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Infertility, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Infidelity and Sexual assault

kelseyland's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

An incredibly moving and thought-provoking book about the problems with making assumptions and attempting to reduce the complexity of life to neat, orderly narratives. The way in which Miller first introduces and then problematizes the subject of the book (David Starr Jordan, a taxidermist and eugenicist) is fascinating, as is the way she weaves in details about her own existential crisis. This book is intense at times (see content warnings), but also breathtaking. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Infertility, Self harm, and Sexual violence

Minor: Confinement, Rape, and Murder

ddeskin's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective

5.0

Incredible book. Wove together personal memoir, biography, pop science, and history into an extremely captivating story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Infertility, Mental illness, and Sexual violence

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, and Physical abuse

Additional mentions of eugenics. The author deals with all topics with grace and is careful to contextualize and add moral implications.