Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Das achte Leben (für Brilka) by Nino Haratischwili

10 reviews

debbie74's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicide, Abortion, Blood, Bullying, Death, Murder, and Pregnancy

clarezillaa's review against another edition

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

Moderate: Death of parent and Addiction

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

leahisdudish's review against another edition

5.0

i don’t have the words to describe this… 

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Content Warnings

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

lilcoppertop's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Gore, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Rape, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

galerieanna25's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, War, Sexual assault, Rape, Torture, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Child death, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Murder

mansinnikam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

This was a Journey

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Classism, Suicide attempt, Torture, War, Grief, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Murder, Self harm, Infidelity, Mental illness, Police brutality, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Violence

esther_me's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective 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? Yes

4.0

Liked the book and the story, but I thought the historical context took too Munch Space in the story sometimes. But an interessant and delightfull read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, and War

atiaijaz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

5.0

What a story! What a gift of storytelling! There was not one single page I was bored or asked myself if reading the whole thing was worth it. I want a 3 season tv-series made from this so that I can laugh, cry, mourn and love again with Brilka's family. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Miscarriage, Murder, Self harm, and Mental illness

Moderate: Blood, Suicide, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Abortion, Addiction, and Death

ssreadsintranslation's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Suicide

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, Drug use, Drug abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Infidelity, Infertility, Misogyny, Outing, and Ableism

tabitha_isabelle's review against another edition

1.5

A history book masquerading as fiction. Studded throughout with explanatory passages detailing the nuances of the historical period, I felt that this overly ambitious work did not fulfil its promise. I enjoyed the insight it gave me into Georgian history (something I knew very little about), but could not get over the poor quality of the writing. The characterisation was especially weak - incidents seem contrived, whilst decisions lacked believability. At times the characters felt like mere caricatures. The reams of exposition did not help in this regard. 

One more thing (that hardly needs saying) a book focusing on a family in the Soviet Union in the 20th century does not need an additional something that brings people misfortune or bad luck - terrible things were happening anyway! The magical hot chocolate was redundant. 

On the whole a dissatisfying read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence