Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

12 reviews

milele23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, Child death, Cursing, Kidnapping, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Murder, Rape, Mass/school shootings, Self harm, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Murder, Islamophobia, Deportation, Death of parent, Incest, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Chronic illness, Slavery, Infertility, and Torture

vampiristic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Gore, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Violence, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Murder, Religious bigotry, Self harm, War, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

figwood's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Religious bigotry, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, Bullying, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, War, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Genocide, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Animal cruelty, Classism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Blood, Cancer, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Racism, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Misogyny

thedevilnextdoor13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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, Animal cruelty, Rape, Grief, Confinement, War, Violence, Gun violence, Death of parent, Death, Cancer, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Infertility, and Bullying

sweeetzoejane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Death of parent, Hate crime, Gun violence, Infidelity, Animal cruelty, Death, Genocide, Sexual assault, Sexism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, 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

poirot's review against another edition

I never felt that much anxiety reading anything else before and it honestly affected my mood for days. I felt so very uncomfortable while reading this, that I just couldn’t go on. I do thinks that’s more a ‘’ me-problem” though and not necessarily the books fault. Be careful of content warnings if you want to read this though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, Ableism, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Death of parent

jessamine864's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Trigger Warnings for this book! This book granted is well written and informative of a horrific period of relatively recent history. But it is harrowing.... I mean just look at the trigger warnings already put in by the reviews. This book is dark and darker. Partly the gut-wrenchingly horrible part of it is that you can see this is based in truth and these things happened to many people and are still happening around the world. I had to finish it to find out what happened and read it in 4hrs straight, but my mind is still troubled and will be for a while I think. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

dannythestreet's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Violence, and War

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Infertility, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Torture

Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, and Racial slurs

clg2022's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Child abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death