Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

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

32 reviews

jes312's review against another edition

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

carmenthecowboy's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Cursing, Genocide, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Xenophobia

rebeccareadabook's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Infidelity

noorii's review against another edition

inspiring reflective

5.0

a lesson in hubris indeed

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Infidelity and Rape

youngwessels's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.25

The chapters revolving around David Starr Jordan are a compelling look into a deeply troubled person’s experiences but the chapters revolving around Lulu Miller’s own life are just a sloggish look into a slightly less troubled person’s experiences.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

mirto's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

If I could give this 6 stars, I would. Brilliant book. I would even say Lulu Miller created a whole new genre. Memoir, biography, essay, nature book, history book, sociology, psychology, murder mystery, whatever, you name it. Made me feel so many things, all at once. I learnt a lot, from science to giving myself the life I want. Why Fish Don't Exist will stay with me forever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and War

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

cynthiareads's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Infidelity and Suicide attempt

nawakhtha's review

informative inspiring medium-paced

3.75

A book about David Starr Jordan where the author researched him to find out his source of perseverance in the face of chaos. It starts off rather annoyingly as it was mainly discussing Jordan in a positive light and might seem to ignore the deeply concerning and hypocritical aspects of his legacy, but this all gets addressed in the second half of the book. The first half of the book also has the author taking a tone of scientific and atheistic snobbery at times (not really excessive, just to the point where I personally found it mildly annoying), but it mellows out as the book progresses which ends up painting a nice picture of how the journey of researching Jordan’s life has transformed the author. I expected to dislike this book quite a bit, but my feelings on that shifted the more I got into it which I think adds a lot to how I was able to feel the author’s transformation through her journey. It was also rather gripping and written smoothly enough that I was still able to enjoy it throughout. 
The illustrations in the beginning of every chapter are beautiful.

It does contain references to self harm, eugenics, and forced sterilization. I personally thought those topics were handled well by the author, but it’s worth mentioning in-case you just generally don’t want to engage with these topics at this point in your life. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity and Self harm