Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

90 reviews

thetearex's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Murder, Suicide, Abandonment, Ableism, Gore, Islamophobia, War, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Grief, Infertility, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gun violence, Rape, and Sexual content

saskia_ej's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Suicide, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, War, Miscarriage, Murder, and Physical abuse

sadiaa's review against another edition

5.0

I read this book when I was a teenager so this is a reread, but it will always be 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Genocide, War, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, Infertility, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Violence, Classism, Colonisation, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Ableism, Child death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

happinessie's review

dark emotional sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Grief, Sexual violence, Suicide, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Infertility, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

melike_k's review

emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

It's an emotional topic approached in such a way that readers develop a relationship with the main characters. Great for cultural awareness and discussions about women's rights 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Miscarriage and Death

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

irshtnk's review

challenging 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? Yes

5.0

This book is heartbreaking. I started to tear from the first 30 pages and haven’t stopped crying till the end. At moments it takes your breath and you have to pause to be able to breath and continue reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Suicide, Toxic relationship, War, and Violence

emmacartlidge's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Infidelity, Hate crime, and War

Minor: Sexual violence

valorree's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Grief, Gore, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Rape, War, Violence, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

insane's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, War, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gun violence

onyxisalive's review

dark 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? No

3.25

Overall, this book was very depressing. The hard to read scenes are well written- however, when it comes to the aftermath of these events it feels like the author is in a rush to get on to the next thing, this causes the emotional impact of events to dampen for me.  The further on into the book you get the more the rushing happens, the author rushes character relationships to the point where it feels like you missed out on all the development there. Also, the reaction of characters to events that have happened (or to being told news) is skipped over- it would’ve made the book a lot better if the author had slowed down a bit when it came to these things. 
The book started off really strong, but towards the end I felt like the quality declined. The ending for me was really underwhelming as it felt certain things weren’t acknowledged ‘on screen’ when they perhaps should have been. 

the welcoming back of tariq felt really underwhelming and rushed and the account of their lives together after felt rushed through and as a result the events weren’t as emotional as they could’ve been if the author had taken his time

I can’t speak as to how historically accurate this book is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and War

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault

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