Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

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

4 reviews

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

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

kirtreads's review against another edition

dark informative reflective fast-paced

4.25

This book was good, but the sudden topic switch into eugenics with no warning was a little much. I thought this would be a light hearted memoir/science book like Spineless and instead it is a reflective novel on eugenics, forced sterilisation and the damage of labels. While it’s good it is a lot heavier than advertised. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

slynn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, and Murder