Reviews tagging 'Blood'

A Thousand Splendid Suns (Illustrated Edition) by Khaled Hosseini

104 reviews

alinatariq's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

Shattered my heart in the most emotional way over and over again 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, Classism, Death, Infertility, Torture, Sexual harassment, Genocide, Violence, Cancer, Infidelity, Murder, Rape, Racism, Blood, Sexual assault, Suicide, Sexual violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Colonisation, and Racial slurs

maajidah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

"one last time, Mariam did as she was told" 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Gore, Miscarriage, Rape, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, War, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Torture

evan_tually's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Violence, War, Blood, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

qirhh's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

It has been on my reading list for quite some time and now that I’ve read it, I just feel… someone sucked my soul out for awhile and put it back in. Truly, a book that will grab all of your heart strings which will leave you wanting to know more and what happens next in the pages. 

This book has led me to look up more of Afghanistan, the history, the people, the women, what they went through and going through at present. I hope that I can read more books like this in the future.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Torture, War, Violence, Pregnancy, Death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, and Death of parent

marymoto's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Suicide, Blood, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, and Grief

33cosmo's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Sexual content, and War

Moderate: Gun violence, Abortion, Body horror, Pregnancy, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Violence, War, Bullying, Child abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Child death, Classism, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual content, Rape, Sexual assault, and Torture

Minor: Vomit, Abortion, Medical content, Mental illness, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, and Panic attacks/disorders

mary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-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

4.75

It made me cry in public. Multiple times. Be aware. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Death, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Suicide, War, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, Violence, and Confinement

fanchera's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, War, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Rape, Blood, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Child death, Confinement, Miscarriage, Violence, and Infertility

idessa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

very sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Infertility, War, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Rape, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

dontwanthvn's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, War, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Miscarriage, Blood, Death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence

Moderate: Incest, Animal cruelty, Suicide, and Confinement