Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul by Khaled Hosseini

64 reviews

mxcopmy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

5.0

Oh yes, Khaled Hosseini has once again stirred my tear ducts like I had never known my tears before. This book put a burn mark on my soul so deep inside. Once again, I closed a story of his with a heavy heart, a lighthearted laugh and a hearty tear.

I really can't get over how much I love Hosseini's work. Having read my all-time favourite (which really can never be surpassed, A Thousand splendid Suns) last summer, I was so enchanted by his writing that I couldn't help but read more of his stories. And this I did by reading the kite runner, or 'de vliegeraar' in dutch. An incredibly affecting story about Hassan and Amir living as friends in Afghanistan and losing their path in friendship. It introduces you to the raw meaning of friendship and the hard divides some people face in terms of social classes. How Hosseini portrays the setting of the wars in Afghanistan also really makes you gasp. He is able to make these enormously vivid and make the pain and suffering tangible. I really can't describe how hard I enjoyed this book. Or at least how much I enjoy Khaled Hosseini's writing style and inspirational stories. His books are a heartfelt experience that touch you deep in your heart and limbs.

I beg everyone to pick up a book by Khaled Hosseini one day. They are so worth it, I promise you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Rape, Torture, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Deportation

froggylife01's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Devastating.

This book had me sobbing over and over again, it explores cowardice, loyalty and family with a heartbreaking, believable story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War

karasworlds's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I don’t claim this lightly, but this was one of the most heartbreaking, gut wrenching books I have ever read. I was somewhat blind going into this read, unaware of the content of the story and the true depths of anguish I was about to dive into. I cannot say that I came out the other end of this book as a better person, but I came out changed nonetheless. This story may be fictional, but I have never felt the reality of something so intensely. It is not fiction, it is life, and these things are evident results in our current world of the flaws we have made as a race. I feel the compassion that is within Hassan, I carry the guilt in my throat with Amir, I feel disillusionment planting roots in my mind like Sohrab. I will love this book with my whole heart, a thousand times over. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, Violence, and War

Moderate: Abandonment

anvitab17's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

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

ppp's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Infertility, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, and Abandonment

lizzardbeth99's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

escapism22's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Racism and Medical content

pratha's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

mia_lucarelli07's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring 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

5.0

this book was assigned to me in my history class to educate us on ethical cleansing and let me tell you it did a lot more than that. it gave me an outlook while heartbreaking to have to read it was extremely eye opening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Infertility