Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

A Ghost In The Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa

9 reviews

birdsandships's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Grief, and Self harm

imaginaryisobel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad

3.0

I literally went back and forth in what to rate this sm. It's beautifully written and some bits are easily 4/5 stars but other parts are so difficult to get through and are 1/2 stars. I feel like it was a bit directionless and could deffo have been much shorter but the themes and idea is really interesting 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

aisclaradm's review

dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

Just incredible. No words for it except incredible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Misogyny, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, and Medical content

Moderate: Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, and Sexual content

lifeinsherds's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This is one of those books I wish I could read for the first time again. I remember deciding to read this book because of the gorgeous cover and I haven't read a lot of Irish fiction. This novel absolutely blew me away. It's a quiet little book that makes such massive and important statements about the expectations of motherhood and growing up from a protagonist who is looking back on her own past. She further relates her own past and present limitations (and small joys) with those of an Irish poet who lived centuries before her.

Part memoir, part historical fiction, this book stunned me with every chapter. There is not one thing I would have wanted different from this book. And this is the author's prose debut!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer and Child death

Minor: Death, Violence, and Suicide attempt

serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

 A Ghost in the Throat is an utterly gorgeous book that spoke to me on so many levels. It’s a memoir about the author’s fascination with the poem “ Caoineadh Áirt Úi Laoghaire”, her determination to translate it to English and to find out more about the life of the poet eighteenth century noblewoman Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill. This is set against the broader background of the author’s own life, especially the all-encompassing years of parenting young children. It’s been nearly two decades since I was the mother of a baby or small child yet this book instantly transported me back there - the delightful (for me - I know I’m fortunate in my experience) rhythm of breastfeeding, the drudgery and repetitiveness of many days balanced against the overwhelming love for the small people in your care. As a historian (again in a former life - this one closer to thirty years ago) I could sympathise with her frustrations regarding the limitations of traditional sources when it comes to learning about the lives of women. I loved the ways she attempted to fill in the gaps, using her knowledge and experiences as the basis for informed imaginations. As a feminist I loved the constant refrain “this is a female text” and the widening conceptions of what a text is and what stories deserve to be told.

If you don’t speak Irish do yourself a favour a listen to the audiobook to hear the poem read aloud in its original language. It’s lushly beautiful. Then listen to the author’s translation. It’s so powerful - the love, passion, grief and desire for revenge are so raw and palpable. Life has not yet delivered me that sort of grief and yet I felt it in my bones.

I just adored this book. It cleverly took several disparate strands, and wove them into a gorgeous tapestry using the most exquisite prose - the author is also a poet and it shows in the best way. This book is stunning, unique and all sorts of other gushy wonderful adjectives. Many thanks to @cheriebooksreadthisyear whose review put this one on my radar. I’m so glad I finally read it.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Minor: Cancer and Suicide attempt

cereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Violence, Grief, Death, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

penofpossibilities's review

4.0

The first half of this book struck more heartstrings, especially the beginning is phenomenal. This author is very clever and her writing is clearly honed with skill and wit and emotion. Not a favourite, but highly highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Car accident, Animal death, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, and Medical content

wiscowhitney's review

reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide attempt

lou_o_donnell's review

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Miscarriage, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Religious bigotry