Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischwili

22 reviews

atiaijaz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

5.0

What a story! What a gift of storytelling! There was not one single page I was bored or asked myself if reading the whole thing was worth it. I want a 3 season tv-series made from this so that I can laugh, cry, mourn and love again with Brilka's family. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Miscarriage, Murder, Self harm, and Mental illness

Moderate: Blood, Suicide, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Abortion, Addiction, and Death

eliicapss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Cancer, Medical content, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Rape, Drug abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Suicide

heatherinjapan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book felt like my heart was ripped out multiple times and made me go through so many tumultuous emotions. Definitely not for the faint of heart and definitely has a lot of triggering sections. It explores generational trauma so deeply and so well that I found myself so intrigued in each character's stories. There are also so many things happening throughout this book that somehow all come together in the end. The author also accurately portrays how patriarchy upholds a lot of this generational trauma. We see this through a lot of the male characters, specifically through Kostja (I really came to despise him despite his somewhat "redemption" in the end.)

Though I haven't read A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (and I never will), based on what others have said, this book is probably as trauma-filled as it is. So take what you will with that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Rape, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, War, Emotional abuse, and Murder

shelleyanderson4127's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

 A sweeping novel of women, revolution and love, connected across the generations by a cursed family recipe for chocolate. I loved the mix of history and drama in this novel.

The story begins with great grandmother Stasia, born in Tsarist Georgia. Her son Kostya battles the German invasion of Leningrad while daughter Kitty flees to the West. Stasia's beautiful sister marries a rich Party official, while grand daughter continues the family legacy of rebellion. The tumultuous history of both Georgia and Russia weave in and out of this family saga. Translated by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin, this prize-winner novel is a real page turner. The story will stay with me for a long time. Highly recommended. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Rape, Colonisation, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, and Domestic abuse

quickermorequickly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

My heart! A book that I needed to read with Wikipedia at the ready, this is a very human history of a century of constant upheaval, spanning six generations of a family in Georgia. It did not seem as long as its 900+ pages, and certainly was not a slow read either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, Miscarriage, and Grief

Moderate: Abortion, War, Violence, Suicide, Sexual content, Self harm, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Homophobia

ssreadsintranslation's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Suicide

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, Drug use, Drug abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Infidelity, Infertility, Misogyny, Outing, and Ableism

annieinthearchives's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Violence, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Child death, Addiction, and Abortion

Minor: Bullying and Vomit

mscarlettc's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Torture, and Suicide

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Abortion, and Drug abuse

marie's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Rape, Domestic abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Death, Medical trauma, and Suicide

lineofbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Drug use