Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

43 reviews

mary_jinxedit's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Torture

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Grief, and Gaslighting

sadiaa's review against another edition

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

valorree's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Grief, Gore, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Rape, War, Violence, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

jeanne05's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring relaxing sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, War, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, and Colonisation

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

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault

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emmykyhil's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Rape, Sexual violence, War, Sexual assault, and Sexism

aisclaradm's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

Just an undeniably incredible read. Heartbreaking and awful to read, but so beautifully written and moving.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, War, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Infertility, Medical content, Pedophilia, and Miscarriage

Minor: Infidelity

julie_schoolmeesters's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Misogyny, Suicide, Pedophilia, Murder, and War

fatymahsy's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Pedophilia

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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

5.0

‘Because if its a girl, Leila has already named her’ crying

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, War, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Violence, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Medical content, and Physical abuse