Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

136 reviews

danyacardamine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, War, Cancer, Death of parent, and Infertility

carina_shal's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, Grief, Bullying, Sexual violence, Death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Hate crime, and Blood

Moderate: Abandonment, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

sunny_not's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

Very impactful and incredibly sad. Don't be like me and check the trigger warnings before reading this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Self harm, Physical abuse, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, War, Pedophilia, Infertility, Death, Child abuse, Cancer, Violence, Death of parent, and Blood

krishanpatel's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

This book is incredibly sad and hauntingly beautiful. It is my favorite fiction novel of all time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Pedophilia

tahsintries's review against another edition

• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Bullying, Cancer, Death of parent, Rape, Pedophilia, and Sexism

Moderate: Grief, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide attempt, and War

Minor: Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

emmagreenwood'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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Genocide, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, and Rape

aprillynn's review against another edition

4.0

 "For you, a thousand times over."

I'm not going to lie... this was a difficult read for me. Not because the writing was poor or because the book as a whole wasn't exceptional, but rather because of some of the subject matter discussed. I found my heart dropping and tears springing to my eyes quite a few times and wanting to slap Amir for not being a better friend in the first half. I will say, though, it is definitely an eye opener to this particular culture and is worth a read if you can stomach some of the lows throughout. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Child abuse

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

claudiabrekker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, and Rape

myriam_almonti's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Classism, Genocide, Abandonment, Vomit, War, Addiction, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cancer, Drug use, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Suicide attempt

zezeki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, War, Chronic illness, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Infertility