Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

346 reviews

thunderstrikes's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Did not enjoy this at all

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Ableism, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Classism, Bullying, Child abuse, and Toxic friendship

pmurph2112's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, and War

Moderate: Drug abuse

anh_read's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, War, Sexual assault, Death, Child abuse, Genocide, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, and Rape

savdgreen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Rape, Suicide, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Sexual violence, and War

uuuultraviolennnnt's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad slow-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

4.75

awful and arresting. the divides we uphold and sacrifices we make to keep pain silent within our families are dark and scary and life ruining.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, and Child abuse

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

marshallbooks06's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The most heartbreaking book I’ve ever read. Words cannot fathom how I felt when reading this beautiful book. The way this book is written is purely artful and I can feel the soul and story behind it all. Callbacks are plentiful and worthy of crying over. The only words I can use for this is, wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Bullying, Blood, Abandonment, Addiction, and Child abuse

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

Moderate: Trafficking

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

librocubicularist_x's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Genocide and War

Minor: Infertility

porktheorc's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Child abuse, and War