Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Three Sisters by Heather Morris

4 reviews

gymjam_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

Astonishing, inspiring and harrowing. Based on the true story of how three sisters survived the atrocities of the Holocaust together. It's split into three parts - their promise to their father that they will always stay together (in 1929), their time within the death camp/s (1942-1945) and their journey and settlement into Israel after the war. It's quite a slow - paced read especially due to the heaviness of the text but worth the full read. The afterwords from various family members and photos were a lovely touch. 
I recommend to anyone who is interested in gaining insight into the Jewish perspective of ww2 to read the three beautifully written books by Heather Morris: Three Sisters, Cilka's Journey and The Tattooist of Auschwitz.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Genocide, Murder, Slavery, Antisemitism, Death, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide attempt, War, Torture, and Grief

butle2em's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Torture, Vomit, Suicide attempt, War, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Genocide, Grief, Racism, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Excrement, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Police brutality, and Suicidal thoughts

goldyyy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Death, Antisemitism, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Hate crime, Grief, Gore, Genocide, Death of parent, Child death, and Child abuse

Moderate: War and Suicide attempt

onkenzisshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

What I Liked:

• Heather Morris is just a beautiful writer. You can tell she puts SO much research into these books, through first hand accounts from the people they are about and their family to general research about the settings. 
• The bond these three sisters had was just beautiful. They truly believed that the bond they shared and the promise they made are what saved them in these horrible situations.
• I loved how we got to see so much of the sisters' lives after the concentration camps, specifically how they dealt with their grief and their memories moving forward.
• One thing that I found just beautiful and that really gave depth to this story was how we saw the sisters' significant others deal with the feeling of guilt that they didn't "have it as bad" as the sisters. These people went through the most horrific thing one could ever imagine, and the thought that they'd compare themselves is heart wrenching, but I LOVED that the sisters set them straight (for lack of a better word). 

What I Didn't Like/Wanted More Of

• I wish we'd gotten to see a little more about some of the final moments
  specifically with Chaya and Yitzchak (grandfather) and even Eva.
  , specifically in terms of the shared grief between the sisters. I feel like they were missing SOMETHING, but I couldn't tell you what. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Violence, War, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt