Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

72 reviews

dannythestreet's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

milkmister21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Terminal illness and Trafficking

libbywibby's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny and Medical content

phoebemadeleine's review against another edition

dark emotional informative medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Rape, Terminal illness, and Violence

sadiehicks02's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

4.75

cried twice.

Hassan deserved better and so did sohrab

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Death, and Terminal illness

Minor: Miscarriage and Misogyny

sweyra's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Terminal illness and War

nibs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

How can I come back from that? That was incredible. A story across time, of Amir and Hassan and how they are bound together, of secrets and struggle. I was so engrossed with this story, I felt so much. I knew people said it was good, but hadn't heard much about it specifically. But now I totally understand why that's the case. This book will follow me, it is so well written, it was everything. 

And the coming full circle at the end, but also life goes on. I like how they acknowledged Sohrab's trauma, in that recovery is long and its not like everything is magically fixed once he got to America.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Genocide, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, and Medical content

gingerkathrynreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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: Ableism, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Infertility, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Minor: Drug abuse and Infidelity

hannahmayhere's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts