Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

De vliegeraar by Khaled Hosseini

74 reviews

memorable's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Dieses Buch ist wirklich schwer zu lesen und doch sehr wichtig. Es beschreibt die Vergangenheit Afghanistans aus der Perspektive eines Jungen, wird aber von ihm als Erwachsener erzählt. Das erklärt auch das foreshadowing Bzw. die vorausschauenden Kommentare, die den Leser/ die Leserin oft vorahnen lassen, dass die Geschichte keinen gute Lauf nimmt.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Infertility, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Torture, Vomit, and Violence

nibs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

How can I come back from that? That was incredible. A story across time, of Amir and Hassan and how they are bound together, of secrets and struggle. I was so engrossed with this story, I felt so much. I knew people said it was good, but hadn't heard much about it specifically. But now I totally understand why that's the case. This book will follow me, it is so well written, it was everything. 

And the coming full circle at the end, but also life goes on. I like how they acknowledged Sohrab's trauma, in that recovery is long and its not like everything is magically fixed once he got to America.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Racism, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Animal death, Genocide, Medical content, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Suicide

lilifane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Don't know when I last cried so much while reading a book. 
And I have no idea how to talk about it. Just that it made me feel things, I liked the writing, especially the atmosphere that was created. It's just a very depressing book. Not only the things that happen to the characters (and why!) but also the history of Afghanistan you get a small glimpse of. 
I personally like the way the plot is constructed, the middle part is a little long-winded, though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, and Violence

bwaycatherine's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• 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: Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence