Reviews tagging 'Classism'

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

80 reviews

beabooked's review against another edition

challenging sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, War, and Classism

steffireads's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide attempt, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, and Classism

breanna321's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Classism

lorie266's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

onyxisalive's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

3.0

This book is written in a way that it is easy to understand what is going on. 
The book contains some very heavy themes and the beginning was really hard to get through. However, the book kind of goes down hill for me. There felt like there were too many coincidences and the resolution to the problem presented at the end felt unrealistic. 
The book also fails to properly portray the historical context of everything going on at the time. 
However, it is a work of fiction so I wouldn’t expect it too. Ignoring all that- it was a difficult and emotional read, all around decent book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, War, and Classism

0ntothenextadventure's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

When I first started this book, I did not enjoy it. However, the further I got into the book, the more I enjoyed it. It is a very heavy book and I cried (a lot), but the writing is incredible and I highly recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual violence

Moderate: Ableism and Classism

mi7sma's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Hate crime, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Classism

reesechu's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

heartbreaking, very well-written

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

Minor: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Rape, Violence, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, War, and Classism

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

i was expecting to love this because i love the genre and everyone raves about it. however, i struggled enjoying a book where i really despised the main character. i never really wanted him to succeed so i never really got invested unfortunately. i only got invested in the side characters story which was devastating. the writing was amazing though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism