Reviews tagging 'Child death'

عداء الطائرة الورقية by Khaled Hosseini, منار فياض

55 reviews

violet_rose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book deserves all the hype it gets. One of the best books I’ve read in a long time. Incredibly, heartbreakingly sad, you think you’ve reached rock bottom but it just keeps getting worse, with both the war in Afghanistan and the protagonist’s personal struggles. I have never read something that explores the Afghani perspective of the war as in depth as the Kite Runner does; reading it with the hindsight of 2021 only makes it more sad. 

Hosseini’s prose is elegant and beautiful; his method of storytelling captivated me just as much as his lovingly crafted characters: Amir, the conflicted protagonist; Hassan, the devoted and loving servant; Baba, Amir’s indomitable father. 

Explores themes of the horrors of war, sexual assault, racism, classism, terrorism in a skilful and meaningful way. Everybody should read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Self harm, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Child death

twilightsun1125's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Torture

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

Moderate: Ableism, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

dschini1410's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

tasleemreads's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

This book has been sitting on my bookshelf for the LONGEST TIME and I have finally read it! #TheKiteRunner is a story about two boys in Afghanistan and how one event determines the rest of their lives. This story explores how all actions have consequences which can also impact those around us. But, at the end of the day, we're just human beings making mistakes where some of us have the opportunity to redeem ourselves.

I honestly can not put into words how great this book is, and recommend everyone to read it if you're able to. Many TW's needed, some are; sexual abuse, violence, death, grief, war negligence and abuse.

One thousand splendid suns is on my bookshelf but it's going to be a while until I pick up a Hosseini book again...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, and Violence