Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

151 reviews

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Rape, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Violence, and War

nataalia_sanchez's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicide attempt, Torture, Blood, Child death, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Deportation, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Medical content, Grief, Incest, Sexual content, Suicide, Rape, Self harm, Terminal illness, Vomit, War, Slavery, and Violence

missantelope's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Vomit, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, War, Blood, Death, Deportation, Gore, Genocide, Islamophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Racism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, and Physical abuse

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

3.0

i was expecting to love this because i love the genre and everyone raves about it. however, i struggled enjoying a book where i really despised the main character. i never really wanted him to succeed so i never really got invested unfortunately. i only got invested in the side characters story which was devastating. the writing was amazing though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Colonisation, Rape, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Grief, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Infertility, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, Violence, and War

darshana's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Grief, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Self harm, Bullying, Death, Violence, Suicide attempt, War, Slavery, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Cursing

wikikapusta's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, War, Suicide, Slavery, and Rape

Moderate: Child abuse, Cancer, Infertility, Blood, Bullying, and Death

Minor: Infidelity

clevelandbookgirl's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Suicide, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Child death, War, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, Infertility, Sexual assault, Gore, Grief, Blood, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Infidelity, Drug abuse, and Animal death

hasritha's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Self harm, Infertility, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Rape, Racism, Abandonment, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Grief, Pedophilia, Blood, and Bullying

nasab's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Violence, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Death of parent, Gun violence, Genocide, and Hate crime

Minor: Miscarriage, Medical content, Infidelity, Infertility, and Alcohol

aveygravey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Sexual assault

Moderate: War

Minor: Blood, Gore, and Animal death