Reviews tagging 'War'

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

439 reviews

eusteph's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

ALL THE FEELS.

This was gut-wrenching. It made me reflect on so many things and also made me realize that so much of what we complain about is meaningless when you take into account the atrocities that are happening across the globe. After 2021, it also made me realize that there are many Lailas and Mariams enduring so much pain and heartache every day with no one to rescue them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Misogyny, War, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexism, Miscarriage, and Rape

m_a_j's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Domestic abuse and War

Moderate: Rape and Miscarriage

reads2cope's review against another edition

4.5

Resilient is a word I'm tired of being demanded of those struggling to survive in the "East," but it is the most fitting to describe these characters. It was heartbreaking and infuriating to see each woman hope that after these bombs, peace will finally come, knowing the horrors that befell Afghanistan next. 

The middle of this novel almost had me giving up. Every violence that the Soviet Union, the civil war, the USA was made so real and clear, and then to have such beautiful, complex, wounded women abused by their husband made me want to stop reading. I'm so glad I didn't, the end of this book was everything I'd hoped for, though it still destroyed me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Child death, War, Colonisation, Abandonment, Bullying, Death, Miscarriage, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Classism, Infertility, Rape, Misogyny, Blood, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abortion and Stalking

themeanfrench's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death, War, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Rape, Grief, Religious bigotry, Violence, Death of parent, Infertility, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Suicide and Adult/minor relationship

eaudemonet'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? It's complicated

4.5

the female relationships were so sweet to watch, the ending absolutely broke me however </3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Death, War, Sexism, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Grief, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol

beaaaisshyyy2008's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, War, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Infertility, Child abuse, and Suicide

conni3's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Misogyny, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Miscarriage

vii_412's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, War, Violence, Suicide, Genocide, Sexism, Grief, Blood, Physical abuse, Murder, Confinement, Child death, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, and Death

alechner10's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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? No

5.0

What an amazing book of sadness, strength, trauma, and women hood. The relationships between the women of this story is unmatched and so powerful. The hardships and torment this women endure at the hands of their war-torn country and the men they rely on is soul crushing. Definitely an emotionally difficult read, but so so worth it. I know I am so late to the party, but if you haven’t read it is a must! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Suicide, War, Death of parent, and Miscarriage

kooday's review against another edition

informative sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

The bar was set quite high with Kite Runner. It's not always easy to send a message while also producing a good story.

It was incredibly informativr and insightful and you learn alot about Afghanistan and the timeline of the series of occupations and how it affects citizens, through the lives of the characters we follow - how war and religion affected the Afghan people across the different governments.

Ultimately though, I found the actual story and plot to be very mediocre and not very evocative. While I can see why other users scored it highly, I personally found it pretty boring to get through, I didn't feel like there was much progression for 60% of the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Rape