Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexiévich

4 reviews

wifeslife's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Abortion, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Deportation, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, and Sexism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, and War

chelsl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Suicide, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Islamophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Toxic relationship, Murder, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Torture, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Child death, and Death

beholderess's review

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Suicide

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Alcoholism

srm's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A brutal, difficult read, and absolutely worth it. Alexievich somehow gets these remarkable personal stories from people, and then presents them in such a compelling way, that no matter how painful, you just have to keep reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abortion, Antisemitism, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Trafficking