Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

151 reviews

jenjones83's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

3.5

I had a love-hate moment with this book. I couldn’t relate to the story so it was very sad to me and I had a hard time connecting with this book. However, I did find the story very tragic. I feel so bad for all of the people in this book. It was a great story but I don’t know that I would want to read it again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Hate crime, Infertility, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and War

eed8's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, and Blood

allison_18's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

kamranapologist123's review against another edition

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

The book, I honestly loved it so, so much. The themes of brotherhood was displayed throughout the entire book, yet it was subtle and I wasn’t expecting the plot twist at all. The emotive language of Hassan and just him in general, I literally aspire to be like him now.

Hassan’s death was kinda of a surprise, so I didn’t get to deep it tbh

 

But overall, the book was really, really good. You could see Amir’s development, ‘For you, a thousand times over.’ Anything that reminded him of Hassan would shed him to tears and I’m really happy Assef got what he got. I’d read this book a thousand times over.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Cursing, Vomit, Police brutality, and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol

canichangetheusernamelater's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, and Death of parent

caitlyn_drago_1226's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and War

theromanticace's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Infertility, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Classism

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Infidelity and Abandonment

mirandags's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely devastating and so well-written. Just when you think nothing worse can happen, it does, but Hosseini wraps it up well at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood and Death of parent

_seanna_nicole_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

vumalilli's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Islamophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, War, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship