Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischwili

24 reviews

lexcellent's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

spaghettisliert123's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, and War

aylabell's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

A really moving book. I found myself engrossed in the histories and truly feeling a spectrum of emotions. There were a few times I had to put the book down and reflect on its events. It made me laugh, rage, and cry my eyes out. A must read for anyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, and Drug abuse

Minor: Racism, Terminal illness, Police brutality, and Abandonment

nreyno's review

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Addiction, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

ratinthesun's review

challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-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: Rape, Torture, and Abortion

Moderate: Addiction and Homophobia

clarezillaa's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Addiction and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicide, Antisemitism, and Outing

leahisdudish's review

5.0

i don’t have the words to describe this… 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

towardinfinitybooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Torture, and Abandonment

wlarianna's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Pregnancy, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Police brutality, Abortion, Death of parent, and Deportation

elenek14'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book made me feel a lot of things, including hatred for Kostia (fuuuck u man), love for Qristine, frustration at every single character and so much more. A book from home, about home, describing things that happened to families I know. Truly heartbreaking and beautiful and maddening. 5/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, and War

Moderate: Bullying and Abortion

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Genocide