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A review by moonyreadsbystarlight
How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
5.0
This blends nature writing and memoir beautifully. The parallels between the two were fascinating and the writing itself was mesmerizing. Parts of this were deeply relatable to say the least (I had to stop myself from spending too much time trying to say something poetic about how it touched things deep within me and within the memory of people I love -- or more often have loved, past tense -- and the pain and pleasure of nostalgia). I listened to this on audiobook (in just a couple days because I couldn't put it down) and I need a copy to reread it asap!
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and War
Moderate: Racial slurs and Toxic relationship
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic
There is a vivid description of a bad acid trip with some body weirdness/borderline body horror in a scene