Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

37 reviews

heidichanel's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense

5.0

Oh, God. 

I'm not doing very well lately and reading is a nice distraction, but this book tore out my heart. Probably should have waited on this one, I've been crying for the last few chapters. 

Extremely beautiful, but so much pain and suffering. I appreciate learning about the war and seeing what life in Afghanistan was like over the years, Islamophobia is all too real and it's time we get that over with.

I'm gonna read The Kite Runner now too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, War, Violence, Suicide, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Medical content, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, Child death, and Adult/minor relationship

laurendenton's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Violence, and War

Moderate: Abandonment, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Torture

Minor: Drug use and Excrement

mniva21's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Hard to read but phenomenal 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

eunoia11's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Death of parent, and Ableism

Moderate: Confinement and Miscarriage

Minor: Abortion, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Incest, Infidelity, Medical content, Rape, Sexual content, and Vomit

amberinbookland's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Murder, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism and Confinement

lilifane's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

I've read a lot of bleak and depressing books lately but this one tops them all. I still couldn't put it down. I got attached to the protagonists Mariam and Laila whose lives you follow throughout the book. Loved to get to know them since childhood and learn how their lives intertwined, their friendship slowly developed. Didn't love what they had to endure, though. They didn't deserve all the pain and loss, noone does. Yet, similar things happened and still happen to people in countries with oppression and war.

I did like the writing and all the information you get on Afghanistan and its history. It was more detailed than in The Kite Runner and more depressing since the characters actually spend the whole book there. And you get to see it through the eyes of women, who were mostly affected by all the changes in the country.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Violence

qqjj's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, War, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Gaslighting, Infertility, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Abortion, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence