Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

486 reviews

cradman's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

izzysizemore's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer and Death of parent

Minor: Infertility and Pedophilia

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

kaitlynbarrett's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Bullying, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Sexism, Trafficking, and Death of parent

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

Moderate: Trafficking

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

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

librocubicularist_x's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Genocide and War

Minor: Infertility

diyashah's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

tawny0wl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and War