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The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischwili

14 reviews

clarezillaa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Miscarriage, Child death, Rape, Torture, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual assault, War, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Death of parent and Addiction

Minor: Outing, Suicide, Antisemitism, Gun violence, Homophobia, and Mental illness

leahisdudish's review against another edition

5.0

i don’t have the words to describe this… 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Miscarriage, Death, Child death, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Addiction, Suicide, Sexual violence, Murder, Infertility, Infidelity, Gun violence, Drug use, Rape, Torture, War, Domestic abuse, Violence, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Grief, Gaslighting, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

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

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

Minor: Deportation

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: Toxic relationship, Rape, and Alcohol

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

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

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

Moderate: Abortion and Bullying

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

katewhite77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is an amazing book, but not for everyone.

This book is quite a commitment in both length and graphic content so won't be for everyone, but if you feel able to commit then it will give you a really good story whilst also teaching you something of the history of the USSR. In particular through the eyes of thè female line of a fictitious Georgian family.

However it really does not shy away from the brutality of life behind the iron curtain and tells a tragic tale in many particularly given the geopolitical situation we find ourselves in at the moment. 

Please proceed with exstreame caution if you are struggling with your mental health. I don't know whether I would have started the journey had I been fully armed with the facts before doing so but I was too gripped to stop once I had started. A masterpiece.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Grief, Drug use, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Violence, War, Torture, Cancer, Child death, Death, Sexual violence, Murder, Genocide, and Drug abuse

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

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

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

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

shelleyanderson4127's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

 A sweeping novel of women, revolution and love, connected across the generations by a cursed family recipe for chocolate. I loved the mix of history and drama in this novel.

The story begins with great grandmother Stasia, born in Tsarist Georgia. Her son Kostya battles the German invasion of Leningrad while daughter Kitty flees to the West. Stasia's beautiful sister marries a rich Party official, while grand daughter continues the family legacy of rebellion. The tumultuous history of both Georgia and Russia weave in and out of this family saga. Translated by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin, this prize-winner novel is a real page turner. The story will stay with me for a long time. Highly recommended. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Rape, Colonisation, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, and Domestic abuse

quickermorequickly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad

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

4.5

My heart! A book that I needed to read with Wikipedia at the ready, this is a very human history of a century of constant upheaval, spanning six generations of a family in Georgia. It did not seem as long as its 900+ pages, and certainly was not a slow read either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, Miscarriage, and Grief

Moderate: Abortion, War, Violence, Suicide, Sexual content, Self harm, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Homophobia