Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini

91 reviews

hello_clarise's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, War, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage, Child abuse, Infertility, and Blood

gaycornbread420's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Blood, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Body horror, Miscarriage, Vomit, War, Confinement, Death of parent, Misogyny, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Child abuse, and Pregnancy

afroheaux's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is the only piece of media that’s ever made me cry. A must read. It’s an incredible story of perseverance, survival, and finding love and support in dark places. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Colonisation, Death of parent, Rape, and Sexism

aecy's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: War, Abandonment, and Child abuse

Minor: Death and Death of parent

lorie266's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Child abuse, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Injury/injury detail, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Ableism, Abortion, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Violence, War, Blood, Murder, Death of parent, Infertility, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Gun violence, and Sexual assault

elleccc's review against another edition

dark inspiring 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

One of the most heart-wrenching yet powerful story ever. Read this years ago, but I find myself thinking about Mariam and Laila sporadically. I was not prepared for the emotional turmoil that came with this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Religious bigotry, Racism, Rape, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Death of parent, Grief, Bullying, Hate crime, Mental illness, Self harm, and Torture

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bfields352's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

This book was great but was a difficult read based on the topic at hand. There are triggers which can cause distress

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Death, Injury/injury detail, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Domestic abuse, Sexism, War, and Sexual assault

arthur_ant18's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Death, Adult/minor relationship, War, Death of parent, Grief, Violence, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Classism, Child abuse, Torture, Suicide, Child death, Murder, Rape, Islamophobia, and Genocide

michellembruhn's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense

3.5

I've never read a book so simultaneously hard to read and impossible to put down. This book made my heart hurt so badly, but I needed to know how it ended. It was satisfyingly bittersweet. I will probably never reread this book, but I will also never forget it. (Trigger Warnings: neglect, abuse both physical and sexual, child deaths, miscarriage and barrenness, violence with just enough gore to make me queasy but not enough to make me stop reading)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Child death

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Miscarriage

monloesco's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, Murder, Police brutality, and War