Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

17 reviews

abysalsnug's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Homophobia

coyeyes's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

The emotional journey this novel walked me through was (and still is) second to none. Probably the richest reading experience I've ever had. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Rape, Grief, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Homophobia and Classism

Minor: Death

reducedsodium's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

One of my favorite books when I was in high school. I read it multiple times and will read it again to wrote a better review. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Homophobia

himangi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Violence, and War

Minor: Vomit

naoewald's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, Violence, and War

Minor: Death and Death of parent

tteegy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Self harm, Murder, Gun violence, Genocide, and Bullying

Moderate: Racism, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Infertility, Homophobia, Death of parent, Death, and Cursing

224ok's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Violence, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Ableism