Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

144 reviews

lethukhanyile's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

pinkfawn's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-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

5.0

This book broke me a thousand times over. Just when I thought nothing could be more devastating, I was wrong.

This is a book I think everyone should read, but I don't want to recommend it to anyone because of how emotionally shattering this book is. I don't really have a lot of words, I don't know how to process everything in this book or how to go on without knowing more past the ending. 

This was my first book by Khaled Hosseini and it will not be my last-- though I think I may need something a little more lighthearted after this book. 5 Stars because I sobbed through the entire thing and that's not something easy thing for a book to do to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Infertility, Pedophilia, Self harm, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

eib_21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Infertility, Rape, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

fionnlister's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Infertility, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

annabell_atmr's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad medium-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: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Suicide, and Death of parent

jonabel's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Suicide, Islamophobia, Death of parent, War, and Classism

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Pedophilia, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Religious bigotry

ashley_1206's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

4⭐️

i actually liked this book because of how deep it was and the amount of significance it held. if you’re going to read this or are forced to read this for school please prepare yourself because a lot of the time a lot of traumatic and triggering things happen. but i did enjoy this book more than i enjoyed my other required readings for school.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bookbug26's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

I just wish I knew about the trigger warnings.
Very impactful storytelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and War

biancaxcep's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and War

Minor: Cancer and Infertility