Reviews tagging 'War'

The Eighth Life (for Brilka) by Nino Haratischwili

34 reviews

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

andybooknerd's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring relaxing 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and War

Moderate: Homophobia

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

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

laura_cat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

Longest book I’ve ever read (by far). Beautifully done, especially the infinite loop from start to finish. Generational trauma is a focus; how ancestors’ decisions, experiences, and oppressions influence the present. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Deportation

scifipunk's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Rape, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Suicide, Antisemitism, Dementia, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, and Deportation

Note that all minor warnings refer to usually less than a page of content, not explicit and are easy to skim or skip. Grief is not particularly explicit, only tagged as major because it is a recurring theme for several characters. Alcohol (and alcohol abuse) is mentioned several times with different characters, including as response to trauma, but not explicit. Death is never explicit, but given that the novel takes place within 107 years, to be expected. Medical trauma refers to a long scene early in Kitty’s part of the book, which involves a traumatic encounter with the soviet secret service. Can be easily skipped, as consequences are addressed later on. Several wars are mentioned, multiple characters experience a traumatic rape, though most of both happens off-screen or is somewhat censored by the narrator.

towardinfinitybooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Torture, and Abandonment

kaitlyncookies's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad 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? Yes

5.0

A one-of-a-kind reading experience, truly an epic read. I have never read a book anywhere near this long, but completing this was immensely rewarding. This type of story could only be achieved in 900+ pages and I’m so glad I didn’t let the size scare me away. The story and the characters were incredibly captivating from start to finish.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Abortion

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Minor: Bullying and War

wlarianna's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Pregnancy, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Police brutality, Abortion, Death of parent, and Deportation

fourmi's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

elenek14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book made me feel a lot of things, including hatred for Kostia (fuuuck u man), love for Qristine, frustration at every single character and so much more. A book from home, about home, describing things that happened to families I know. Truly heartbreaking and beautiful and maddening. 5/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, and War

Moderate: Bullying and Abortion

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Genocide