gawwrgi reviewed Why Fish Don't Exist by Lulu Miller
David Starr Jordan was a taxonomist, a man possessed with bringing order to the natural …
Review of "Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life" on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
this was shaping up to be a 4 star read until 3/4th of the book when the author reveals that the central character of her book is a EUGENICIST?!!!! And not just any eugenicist, the one who lead to a lot of laws being built around forced sterilisation. The generous treatment of David Starr Jordan in the first 75% is SO ANNOYING. And ofc the author failed to mention how the eugenicist policies were probably very RACIST. And the only cosmic karma was that fish don't exist? LMAO.