Reviews tagging 'War'

Drachenläufer by Khaled Hosseini

399 reviews

m_a_j's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: War

staylor1607's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Torture, War, Violence, Rape, Islamophobia, Death, Cancer, Self harm, Sexual assault, Child death, and Genocide

eaudemonet's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

it's so good, it's only not 5☆ because of how tragic it is

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Death, Hate crime, Rape, and War

Moderate: Religious bigotry

Minor: Abandonment

eilif_has_no_gender's review against another edition

dark sad 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? Yes

3.0

It isn't a bad book but it just isn't the type of book for me.

I personally think most realistic fiction books aren't entertaining. Sure a lot are well written I just don't think they are fun to read.

This book was one of them. It isn't a book I would've picked on my own. It was well written though so minus personal preference there is nothing wrong with it.


Also if anyone is like, "Why did they put it wasn't diverse?" A story where most characters are part of the same minority is just as not diverse as one where most characters are not part of a minority.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Suicide attempt, War, Emotional abuse, Torture, Death of parent, Police brutality, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Infertility, Blood, Mental illness, Hate crime, Genocide, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Ableism

Moderate: Trafficking

Minor: Infertility, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Child abuse

eap5790's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Xenophobia, War, Torture, Sexual assault, Infertility, Violence, Genocide, Religious bigotry, Rape, Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Mental illness

librocubicularist_x's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Genocide and War

Minor: Infertility

porktheorc's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Child abuse, and War

amandaantonitti's review against another edition

informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, War, Death, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Violence, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Xenophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Blood, Death of parent, Rape, and Religious bigotry

misuki's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: War and Gun violence

lee_ann_a's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-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? Yes

5.0

This one has been in my TBR pile for a long time.  I’m not sure what my hesitation was to dive in, it has all of the elements that I like: family drama, trauma, coming of age, a story that spans decades. I knew it was going to destroy me, and maybe I had to be in the right frame of mind.  I saw some ridiculous reviews where people claimed the author wrote this book to make white Americans feel good about themselves.  I’m still trying to figure that one out.  It’s the same kind of nonsense that came from “American Dirt,” where folks felt the author was not qualified to write the story. First of all, Khlaed Hosseini is Afghan by birth and lived there during his childhood in the 1970s.  He wrote about the Afghani experience.  Second of all, people can write a novel about whatever the hell they want, and thinking they cannot is called CENSORSHIP.  But I digress.  

As predicted, this book got me straight in the feels.  I was so emotionally attached to these characters, their flaws, their pain, their secrets.  There were a few times where I just had to stop reading and stare at a blank wall for awhile, a tell-tale sign that this is my kind of book. It was beautiful, painful, devastating and hopeful all at once. My only regret is that I took so long to read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, and Violence