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Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexiévich
6 reviews
mondovertigo's review
5.0
Graphic: Excrement, Torture, Religious bigotry, Murder, Violence, Death, Racism, War, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Suicide, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Police brutality, Rape, Animal death, and Child death
shoshin's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, Death, War, Racism, Xenophobia, and Vomit
Moderate: Medical trauma
Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia
jacobinreads's review against another edition
4.75
This is a multifaceted and deeply empathetic look at the ravages of the brutal transitions and rapacious systems of the 'new' Russia, the nostalgia of generations of people, and the penury the everyday Russian is forced into by a new era of police brutality, robber-baron oligarchs, criminality, and the greedy ambitions of the "democratic" Russian state. However, this book also chronicles amazing and beautiful strength and character in the face of these tragedies, and adds a vivid dimension to the average citizen's thoughts, feelings, and way of life.
Reading this book, I really felt a strange parallel to the great Russian literature of the past, it reflected deeply on the soul, in a sort of ethnographic way. I highly recommend it.
Graphic: Murder, Xenophobia, Violence, and Torture
Moderate: Sexual violence
maneatingbadger's review
5.0
Minor: Torture, Xenophobia, Racism, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Racial slurs
dominicangirl's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Murder, Police brutality, Suicide, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Torture
Moderate: Kidnapping, War, Confinement, Death of parent, Hate crime, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Sexism, and Suicide attempt
srm's review
5.0
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