Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

85 reviews

arayo's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Vomit, Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy

anww's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, War

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Mass/school shootings

Minor: Toxic friendship

bookedbykat's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Rape, Violence

ninahuynh's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Quite the intense book! I've always heard so much about this book and finally took the time to read it. Having it read by the author definitely adds an extra punch to it. There's a lot of trauma in here that I did not expect whatsoever. I can see why folks want to have it banned, but that's all the more reason why it needs to be discussed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, Classism

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Death of parent

abbyl_2008's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Infertility, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Murder, War

bethpaws's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Beautifully written, vivid but utterly traumatising to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

taurus411's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Suicide attempt, War

Moderate: Racial slurs, Medical trauma, Death of parent

ew13105's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Hate crime, Infertility, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, War

celia_lane's review against another edition

4.25

challenging sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Infertility, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, War

sara_the_intern's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional 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: Yes

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Hosseini knows how to tug in the heart strings so strongly it’s almost overwhelming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Rape, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, War