Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

12 reviews

autumncourthighlady's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia

sadiaa's review against another edition

emotional sad

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

4.75

Khaled hosseini is one of my favourite authors, I have read everything he's put out. He masterfully creates emotional stories that put the Afghan people at the forefront, showing us their culture and ways of life.
I love that the book had multiple povs, I found each story engaging. However I found that there were almost too many different stories intersecting, anytime a pov started I would get into it and then suddenly the pov changed and we don't get to hear about what happens next. I was listening to the audiobook and when the povs changed, I found myself listening and trying to figure out who's pov it was. Took me out of the story a little.

The ending is bittersweet,

Spoiler

Abdullah and Paris find each other, but Abdullah has succumbed to dementia and doesn't recognise her

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Abandonment, Classism, Dementia, Grief, Medical content, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

schnarlie's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Dementia, Abandonment, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Murder, and War

Minor: Physical abuse and Cancer

s3lin's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Dementia

Moderate: Ableism and Death

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Dementia, Terminal illness, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism and Child death

Minor: Excrement

cesarreads's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia

odyssia's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad 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

4.5

A brilliantly crafted book, drawing together different strands to build a story with two siblings from Afghanistan at its core. I found every strand interesting in isolation and each helped to understand a different aspect of the whole story, including the reasons behind certain characters' actions and mentalities. Moving without being excessively tragic with little flourishes that added tenderness.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: War, Terminal illness, Infertility, Abandonment, Medical content, Violence, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Cancer, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

abominablesnowaro's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Dementia, Chronic illness, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Classism, Death, War, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Medical content, Misogyny, Suicide, and Sexism

Minor: Gun violence, Cancer, Chronic illness, and Physical abuse

shoohoob's review

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

4.5

The first half of the book? Immaculate, stunning, heart breaking, beautifully written. 

The second half? a little slower and harder to push through. Most of it is building characters while the first half is plot. I found it a bit hard to read at times. 

All in all? Khaled Hosseini could write a grocery list and I would eat it up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Dementia, and War

Minor: Cancer and Sexual content

less_than_relevant's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Colonisation, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Suicide

Minor: War