Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

151 reviews

sadiaa's review

5.0

I read this book when I was a teenager so this is a reread, but it will always be 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kttylatte's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

this story was heart wrenching but so beautifully written - i am completely enamoured by hosseini’s writing. hosseini’s style of writing captures everything everywhere, and i love it. the characters are complex and (most of them) are loveable, and there were so many twists and turns you never knew what to expect next. hosseini is a genius with his hidden links - whether it’s repeating phrases we met at the start of the novel or weaving symbols in, i was completely blown away. as much as it’s heartbreaking and hard to read, i’m glad i did. this book is so powerful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Violence, Murder, and War

ivysbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

this book destroyed me. a thousand times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, and War

alyssamimay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

beepppp's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Grief, Pregnancy, and War

theelliad's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.5

this was so beautiful to read and so eye opening to read a history, raw and realistic though fictional, so ignored by the western curriculum. mapping these events to pop culture moments and more recognisable (to western readers) events gives the story such a followable timeline despite it spanning such a wide time period 

the writing style of this is so beautiful and emotional and hosseini approaches such difficult themes in such a gentle and humane way, overall a very beautiful read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

onyxisalive's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.25

Overall, this book was very depressing. The hard to read scenes are well written- however, when it comes to the aftermath of these events it feels like the author is in a rush to get on to the next thing, this causes the emotional impact of events to dampen for me.  The further on into the book you get the more the rushing happens, the author rushes character relationships to the point where it feels like you missed out on all the development there. Also, the reaction of characters to events that have happened (or to being told news) is skipped over- it would’ve made the book a lot better if the author had slowed down a bit when it came to these things. 
The book started off really strong, but towards the end I felt like the quality declined. The ending for me was really underwhelming as it felt certain things weren’t acknowledged ‘on screen’ when they perhaps should have been. 

the welcoming back of tariq felt really underwhelming and rushed and the account of their lives together after felt rushed through and as a result the events weren’t as emotional as they could’ve been if the author had taken his time

I can’t speak as to how historically accurate this book is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault

Check a trigger warnings list online before reading.

coleerexx'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book was depressing and sickening at times. I learned a lot and feel for those who have lived these experiences. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Miscarriage

wifeslife's review

emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ada_elisabeth's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse