Reviews tagging 'Antisemitism'

Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexiévich

7 reviews

wifeslife's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Abortion, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Deportation, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, and Sexism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, and War

chelsl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Suicide, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Islamophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Toxic relationship, Murder, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Torture, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Child death, and Death

historically_brunette's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Deportation, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Violence, War, and Police brutality

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, Antisemitism, Confinement, Terminal illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Racism, Rape, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Animal cruelty

dominicangirl's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Murder, Police brutality, Suicide, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Kidnapping, War, Confinement, Death of parent, Hate crime, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Sexism, and Suicide attempt

mmorenagomes's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Classism, Child death, Violence, War, Torture, and Hate crime

Moderate: Antisemitism, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, and Addiction

srm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A brutal, difficult read, and absolutely worth it. Alexievich somehow gets these remarkable personal stories from people, and then presents them in such a compelling way, that no matter how painful, you just have to keep reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abortion, Antisemitism, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Trafficking

skitch41's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

The fall of the Soviet Union is a watershed moment in the history of the 20th century and is often viewed by the West as a triumphant moment.  But what about the people of the Soviet Union who lived through it?  Svetlana Alexievich attempts to gives voice to the ordinary Russians and people living under the Soviets in this book and, many times, offers compelling oral testimony about what the end of communism looked like on the inside, but too often is unbearably slow and lacking in any meaningful context to help a Western reader orient themselves.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Murder, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Antisemitism