Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Eighth Life (for Brilka) by Nino Haratischwili

32 reviews

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

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

qqjj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sara_n's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, and Police brutality

victoriajacobi's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

aemulatio's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Antisemitism, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

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

chia_ie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

this book took me almost 2 months to read. but it was so worth it. i have this feeling of like … what do i do now? 

the ending was so good. the very few past pages. so, so good. the characters were all so flawed, so human. but i loved them all regardless. it was as if i actually knew them. the stories were surreal, yet gutting to read, because i fear that some of the events that took place are not far from the reality of life back then. 

if you have the patience, i would absolutely recommend this book. the one downside is that i didn’t find it to be a book i could relax with. i had to be focused to work out the connections between characters and such. i even ended up drawing family trees to help myself 

this book was great. i’ll miss the Jashis.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, 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, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, and Murder

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

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