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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

15 reviews

esther_me's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

I adore this book. Second time I read it and it only get's better! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Abortion, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, and Miscarriage

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

kayteslibrary's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Confinement, Murder, Death, War, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Ableism and Child death

Minor: Alcohol and Abortion

haley49's review

challenging emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

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

4.75

This was such a powerful story. It’s one of those historical fiction stories that stay with you long after you finish. It was an interesting glimpse of Afghanistan’s history from the eyes of two women. I loved both characters and felt for their pain. The book took awhile to get through because everything took place over long stretches of time and the plot was slow paced. However, once you push through you get a beautifully moving and heartfelt story that made me bawl my eyes out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, War, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Alcohol and Animal death

mollyanne624's review

challenging dark emotional informative 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, War, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Grief, Gore, Domestic abuse, Death, Death of parent, and Child death

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Bullying