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A review by bookbrig
How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler
emotional
informative
fast-paced
I read this thinking it might be a good fit for teen readers, and I do think it could work for teens with some clear content warnings. It's creative and moving, and deals with lots of teen relevant topics - college drinking/hookups, body image, racism, family dynamics, gender, and sexuality, plus there's engaging science and animal stuff. But it doesn't elide details. It's... graphic is the wrong word, but maybe just blunt? Honest. And that makes it both excellent and definitely not something I was in a great place to read right now. Check the content warnings on this one before you go in, because I didn't, and I wish I had. I wasn't really in the right place to read it, though I will happily recommend it to the right readers. The audiobook, read by the author, was excellently done.
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Alcohol
Moderate: Animal death