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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

86 reviews

saharii's review

emotional sad 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? Yes

5.0

Will never stop recommending this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Abortion, Sexual assault, and War

d_endresen's review

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

A beautiful and heartbreaking story. A little hard to get through because of the language barrier./translations, but I think it helped that I listened to it as an audiobook. The narrator had a middle eastern accent and explained the terminology. It was a detailed insight into the extreme realities of the lives of some if not many afghani women living in worn torn areas. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Suicide, Abortion, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Confinement

dylly_russell's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, and War

Moderate: Abortion, Toxic relationship, and Racism

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

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

sknappy1's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, War, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Sexism, Misogyny, and Police brutality

Moderate: Death, Violence, Infertility, Confinement, Child death, Bullying, Death of parent, Colonisation, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Mental illness

Minor: Pregnancy, Abortion, Rape, and Sexual content

emjames22's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The last sentence of this book gave me chills. A beautiful piece of historical  fiction, I can’t recommend it enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicide, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, and War

Minor: Abortion and Sexual content

wuasti's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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: Adult/minor relationship, War, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexism, Grief, Death of parent, Violence, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Death, Rape, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abortion, Trafficking, and Miscarriage

Minor: Alcoholism

reads2cope's review

4.5

Resilient is a word I'm tired of being demanded of those struggling to survive in the "East," but it is the most fitting to describe these characters. It was heartbreaking and infuriating to see each woman hope that after these bombs, peace will finally come, knowing the horrors that befell Afghanistan next. 

The middle of this novel almost had me giving up. Every violence that the Soviet Union, the civil war, the USA was made so real and clear, and then to have such beautiful, complex, wounded women abused by their husband made me want to stop reading. I'm so glad I didn't, the end of this book was everything I'd hoped for, though it still destroyed me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Child death, War, Colonisation, Abandonment, Bullying, Death, Miscarriage, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Classism, Infertility, Rape, Misogyny, Blood, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abortion and Stalking

drybay's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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? No

4.5

This felt really important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Misogyny, Suicide, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Murder, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Miscarriage

Minor: Abortion and Terminal illness