Reviews tagging 'Child death'

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

108 reviews

hjhenderson's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Suicide, Murder, War, and Toxic relationship

aisclaradm's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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

Just an undeniably incredible read. Heartbreaking and awful to read, but so beautifully written and moving.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, War, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Infertility, Medical content, Pedophilia, and Miscarriage

Minor: Infidelity

pattycrabby's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Medical trauma, Infertility, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, War, Suicide, Violence, Miscarriage, Child death, and Death of parent

aaminak's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• 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, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Violence, War, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Rape, Murder, and Sexual assault

2j4d3's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Death, War, Physical abuse, Rape, and Torture

Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, Abortion, Child abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Miscarriage, Blood, Self harm, Abortion, and Pregnancy

scienceworks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexism, War, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Violence, Rape, Murder, and Misogyny

Moderate: Child death and Death

bfields352's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

This book was great but was a difficult read based on the topic at hand. There are triggers which can cause distress

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Domestic abuse, Sexism, War, and Sexual assault

arthur_ant18's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Death, Adult/minor relationship, War, Death of parent, Grief, Violence, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Classism, Child abuse, Torture, Suicide, Child death, Murder, Rape, Islamophobia, and Genocide

larissasbookclub's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

BOOK REVIEW

A Thousand Splendid Suns / Khalid Hosseini

Rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

STUNNING! such an eye opening read for me and I literally felt so many emotions - happy, sad, angry, ashamed 😮‍💨

I enjoyed the dual POV in this one, it was interesting seeing some parts of the book from both Mariam and Layla’s POV, especially when Layla first became part of the family. 

upon finishing this one, I sat on the floor crying because it just made me so sad, but also happy because despite all the grief and loss that is experienced by our two FMC’s, they still hold so much hope and love in their hearts. this review truly cannot do this book the justice it deserves, but I hope you choose to give it a go and if you do, please let me know your thoughts! 

reading books like A Thousand Splendid Suns and Pomegranate & Fig definitely makes me grateful to live in a country where women have rights and can make our own choices for our bodies, careers and futures. it always hurts my heart to read stories like these, but they are so important to read and share, because there are so many people who don’t have the same benefits and advantages as us. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Child death, War, Death of parent, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Gun violence, Grief, and Domestic abuse

michellembruhn's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense

3.5

I've never read a book so simultaneously hard to read and impossible to put down. This book made my heart hurt so badly, but I needed to know how it ended. It was satisfyingly bittersweet. I will probably never reread this book, but I will also never forget it. (Trigger Warnings: neglect, abuse both physical and sexual, child deaths, miscarriage and barrenness, violence with just enough gore to make me queasy but not enough to make me stop reading)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Child death

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Miscarriage