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I pesci non esistono by Lulu Miller

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almightybumble's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.5

This book was all over the place. Part memior, part taxonomy, part eugenics history.... and somehow it works together beautifully.

Very much enjoyed and do recommend.

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luckyonesoph's review against another edition

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hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.25

I really love this blend of popular science and memoir, and I appreciate the author's attention to problematic beliefs and theories that often underlie scientific discovery.

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kvmeehan's review against another edition

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funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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sierrabowers's review against another edition

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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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adventurous hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

Probably my favorite book of the year so far (I know it's early, but it was truly fantastic). The way Miller revealed elements of the story was so... I have no idea how to describe it, but I was hooked. Fascinating and deeply human.

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garfguy7's review against another edition

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informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

this was wonderful. genuinely so INTERESTING - but yes, as a fan of radiolab i can say the pacing and tone was kind of an odd replica. there’s a bit of millennial humour but not enough to be noticeably annoying. i was captivated by the idea that fish don’t actually exist about a year ago, but didn’t delve into it. this book makes me want to pursue marine biology seriously. maybe i’ll have more to say about this later but i do wanna say: i think the author waited so long to reveal that jordan was a eugenicist to illustrate her point without giving us a bad preconceived notion about the guy. the point is that he engages in eugenics in a horrific attempt at controlling the “ladder” of supremacy as far as i can tell. it’s all about control and detrimental categorization, trying to make sense of things

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