Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

142 reviews

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Child death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Police brutality, Sexism, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Gore, Child abuse, Excrement, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death, Grief, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Trafficking, Violence, Body shaming, and War

nellys0phie's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The book itself is a very heavy and emotional story and is incredibly well written, however I was often bored in the beginning. Eventually things got interesting, and it is cool to see accurate historical moments in chronological order as time goes by in the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, and War

phantomsparrow's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad slow-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

I gave the book water damage with my tears

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, War, Medical content, Misogyny, Violence, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Miscarriage, and Rape

Minor: Child abuse, Suicide, and Abortion

maryhungerford's review against another edition

reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Domestic abuse, and Death

Moderate: Rape and Child abuse

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and Miscarriage

daniielle_lee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, War, Police brutality, and Medical content

Moderate: Medical content

thefooddater's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

A beautifully written story that I could not put down. Its a tale about sisterhood, especially in the face of extreme female oppression. The story also weaves in a bit of Afghan history. I've known about the Taliban through only news reports, but reading about how the rich culture and history has been destroyed by religious extremists and years of colonialism was eye opening.
Despite the dark topics, the ending is hopeful and shows the resilience of Afghans.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Police brutality, Death, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Colonisation, Death of parent, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Gore, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Murder, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Classism, Genocide, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, and War

The book takes place between the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to the early 2000's liberation of the country of the Taliban. There are also graphic scenes/depictions of sexual assault.

uhohzmia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: War, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, and Rape

Minor: Torture, Pedophilia, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Murder

yudontnojack's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicide, Child death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Child abuse, and Murder

lenalenalenalee's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

Heart breaking story. Loved the duo. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Domestic abuse, War, Suicide, Infertility, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Death

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

almaashussain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

What a wonderful read. Many sad moments, but ultimately a satisfying ending. Understand the pashto and farsi words without needing a translation is so rewarding. Definitely a compelling and fulfilling read for us brown muslims!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Child abuse, Confinement, Grief, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Blood, Bullying, Death, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Torture, Sexual violence, Suicide, and War