Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

92 reviews

tezariah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Every book starts at 3 stars for me. Now, every few moments, this book kept dwindling from 3 stars to 4 stars to 2 stars, and then right back to 3 stars. The reason for that is primarily because even though I felt an attachment to the characters, I still felt disconnected from the story itself. Who knows...it may be my fault when it comes to my reading mood but this book didn't make me as passionate about the storyline as I had for Kite Runner. 

I had no idea what to expect from the story, but for me, that is a regular thing as I am one who doesn't like knowing what a story is about before reading. I'm not sure what I was looking for while reading this, but I did enjoy the characters a lot. I cared about them deeply. And I would have never picked up this book on my own if it wasn't for me having joined my neighborhood book club. 

I am happy that I read this book. Hosseini seems to be a writer of deep character studies and that to me is what makes his books so heart-wrenching. I don't think I will be reading his other book, but I can't ever fully make that claim because somehow I always find myself doing what I never think I would do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, War, Child death, Grief, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

feelingsmithy'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? It's complicated

4.5

Expect the unexpected with A Thousand Splendid Suns. The times I had to put down this book because of all this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, War, Violence, and Toxic relationship

bfyanagi's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

JALILS LETTER 🙁🙁🙁🙁

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

ezrazoe4's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

This book is way better than the Kite Runner. I didn't expect to like it as much as I do when I started reading it, but it totally subverted my expectations. The writing is still easy to read, but the story is so much more powerful and touching, and it helps that the characters feel real. I love Mariam so much- my favourite character in this book. I don't usually feel much towards the antagonists but

when he died at the end I felt so vindicated. Not many antagonists can make me hate them with all my heart.

 

All in all, this is a great book. I throughly enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, War, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, and Police brutality

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Rape, Miscarriage, and Genocide

joodreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, War, Cursing, Gaslighting, Genocide, Mass/school shootings, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, and Religious bigotry

rayo_de_sol's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

mxkenzie_11's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Death, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, War, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Grief

bouebooks's review against another edition

challenging reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Medical content, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Torture, and War

spvdbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Misogyny, Grief, Death, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence, Miscarriage, and Blood

Minor: Abortion

annacanreadsometimes's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Death, Domestic abuse, War, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Grief, Violence, and Misogyny