Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

15 reviews

peskimo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-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: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, War, Violence, Suicide, Sexism, and Misogyny

whitebabysbreath's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and War

coco_5's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

wow, i don’t even know how to describe how amazing this work of literature is. it is a devastatingly beautiful story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, War, Sexual violence, Sexism, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, and Abortion

aimeal815's review

emotional reflective sad 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

I loved this book. It is so beautifully written and the story is fascinating. I would advise people to note the trigger warnings as this book covers a lot of tough topics and can be difficult to get through at times. It made me cry, and books don’t do that to me often. That being said, I really enjoyed it and the story and the characters really touched me. There were moments where I was gasping out of shock and by the time I got halfway through I couldn’t put it down. I would definitely recommend this book because I think it is a story that people should hear, and I myself am going to think about it for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Pedophilia, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Adult/minor relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Infertility, and Suicide

manjutheosm's review

challenging reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Mass/school shootings, Infertility, Gun violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence