Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Vozes de Tchernóbil by Svetlana Alexiévich

8 reviews

vncavalcanti's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, Death, Animal death, Child death, Abandonment, Chronic illness, and Cancer

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, and Chronic illness

leahfoko's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

5.0

This book was fascinating to read, but also very sad. It was really interesting to hear the stories of people in and around Chernobyl and what they and their families experienced. It was often heartbreaking and really challenging to read certain parts so it is important to be aware of how some of the gruesome parts and the grief and loss that many people felt could be triggering for some. I think the author did a good job of including people’s stories as they wanted them to be told and being respectful of their stories and experiences. If you’re interested in what happened at Chernobyl, and if you enjoyed the show Chernobyl on HBO then I recommend this book. (I read it in large part because Craig Mazin said it informed a lot of his choices on the show and recommended people read it.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Child death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Cursing, Violence, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Murder, War, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

nataalia_sanchez's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Death of parent, Chronic illness, and Child death

georgiarybanks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Grief, Blood, Child death, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

byrdies's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This book was emotionally devastating to read. It took the tragedy of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which is most often discussed as an example of the consequences of Soviet self aggrandizement, and placed it at the feet of the survivors. It placed it within the homes and minds of regular, normal, every day people. It forced the reader to confront the fact that yes, the world goes on, but that doesn't mean it wasn't irrevocably changed. At least for the people who lived through it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Terminal illness, Cancer, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Medical content, Suicide, Child death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Chronic illness, Infertility, Pregnancy, Gore, and Miscarriage

rita250's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

Extremely moving. Very upsetting but something I think is worth reckoning with. There are a huge number of contributing voices that offer what feels like every imaginable perspective. It feels intensely honest and raw, and often deeply profound. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, and Death

Moderate: Abortion, Blood, and Alcohol

myrdschaem's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Death, Grief, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Infertility, and Injury/Injury detail

bettinablocksberg's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Terminal illness, Suicide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Infertility, Grief, Chronic illness, Child death, Cancer, Body horror, Blood, Animal death, and Alcoholism

Minor: Vomit