Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

L'insostenibile leggerezza dell'essere by Milan Kundera

4 reviews

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

Not an enjoyable book, but certainly one that has a lot to say. I want to read an analysis of it, because I feel like I have no idea what it was truly about. Very thought provoking though, in many ways... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cancer, Sexual assault, Excrement, Car accident, and Alcohol

lucyatoz's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

This novel by Milan Kundera is about the lives of two women, two men and a dog. It takes place in the late 1960's and early 1970's and includes the time of the Prague Spring in what was then Czechoslovakia.

The lives of the 4 central characters, Tomas, Tereza, Franz and Sabina are complex and complicated with love and infidelity running through the whole story.

With references to sex and with some swearing language throughout, this is heavy read in contrast to its title. It is quite a tragic tale in many ways with moments of lightness spotting along the horizon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Excrement, and Suicide attempt

softgirlari's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

VERY dark book, not for those who have relationship struggles 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

nsv's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

The unbearable lightness of being contemplates on the egotistical life of a man too self involved to understand the world does not move around him. He even tries to make her main partner kill herself to “relieve her of her pain”. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, and Suicide attempt