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Khaled Hosseini

4.31 AVERAGE

marybardonski's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

dohong's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was a surreal and heartbreaking story.

camalama9's review against another edition

5.0

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This is the first book I’ve ever read that made me physically unwell. I had to take a few breaks to digest what I had read. This book is heavy, but it’s written so beautifully. I’m a skim reader (most of the time) and Khaled Hosseini had me reading every single word.

sj_shanks's review against another edition

4.5

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

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Suicide attempt

anabelkruse's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A must read for a window into the history of Afghanistan 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Rape, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Colonisation

Moderate: Genocide, Infertility, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail

marepies's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

sabmaynes's review against another edition

4.75

emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

tikijade's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring sad 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: Yes

aahana810's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional informative sad tense

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

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ate my soul and crushed my heart. read if you crave depression

nickiep's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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