Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

282 reviews

kitkat99's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Death, Domestic abuse, War, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Infidelity, Child death, and Rape

evadis's review against another edition

emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, War, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Murder

uhohzmia's review

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

captnmorgan's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

kart_mac's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Suicide, Abortion, and Abandonment

chelseycintronn's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Domestic abuse

Moderate: War, Miscarriage, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Murder and Suicide

saoirsha_leabharlann's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

another beautiful Khaled Hosseini book. Such a devastating story that probably hits close to home for a lot of Afghan refugees. It's fictional, yet historical and informative.
His writing never ceases to bring your emotions to the surface.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, War, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Miscarriage

Minor: Sexual violence and Abortion

lenalenalenalee's review

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

marypetrushko's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Suicide, and War

lottakoivunen'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Miscarriage