The I Index

Fathoms: The World in the Whale

Maybe someday

40

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

35/100

Critics

44/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Rebecca Giggs

Publisher:

Simon Schuster

Date:

July 28, 2020

A meditation on the awe-inspiring lives of whales, revealing what they can teach us about ourselves, our planet, and our relationship to other species.

What The Reviewers Say

Doug Bock Clark,
The New York Times Book Review
... [a] delving, haunted and poetic debut. Giggs is worth reading for her spotlight observations and lyricism alone, but she also has an important message to deliver.
Kelly Blewett,
BookPage
Giggs has an eye for unforgettable and disturbing details that probe at the ancient and ongoing relationship between humans and whales.
Felicity Plunkett,
The Sydney Morning Herald (AUS)
Giggs’ meticulous research is itself awesome. Every page has its breathtaking revelations. The slant light of facts reveals humanity’s own animal nature.
Ferris Jabr,
Los Angeles Review of Books
[A] scintillating debut.