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A review by ireadtosurvive
Sex in the Sea: Our Intimate Connection with Sex-Changing Fish, Romantic Lobsters, Kinky Squid, and Other Salty Erotica of the Deep by Marah J. Hardt
5.0
I found this book interesting and fun to read mainly because of Marah's writing style. Marah writes in a more conversational tone than may be expected and so manages to describe the acts in involved in the sexual reproduction of sea creatures in a way that is not only informative but easy to understand. This is done by using well defined terminology and comparison to human sex to allow the reader to fully understand what she is describing. Science books can sometimes be a bit of a bore to read, but this book is not. Aside from the subject matter which lets admit is funny in itself, elements are added (such as each chapter beginning with a soundtrack of songs relating to the contents) which make this book fun to read.
However, what makes this book a 5-star read is that it not only describes the sexual habits of sea creatures but how humans affect and are affected by them. Throughout the book, how humans negatively impact the population size of different species by fishing or damaging their environments, and thus how the decrease in population size negatively affects humans by causing a lack of future food, is described. All culminating in the final chapter of this book which summarises the methods which could be used, and in many cases are being used, to reduce the affects of humans on the oceans.
However, what makes this book a 5-star read is that it not only describes the sexual habits of sea creatures but how humans affect and are affected by them. Throughout the book, how humans negatively impact the population size of different species by fishing or damaging their environments, and thus how the decrease in population size negatively affects humans by causing a lack of future food, is described. All culminating in the final chapter of this book which summarises the methods which could be used, and in many cases are being used, to reduce the affects of humans on the oceans.