Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Tusen strålande solar by Khaled Hosseini

5 reviews

kiwichill's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

A historical drama which follows the lives of two women over decades, with a background of conflicts and wars in Afghanistan 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Police brutality, Murder, and Abandonment

33cosmo's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, War, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Alcohol

dontwanthvn's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Incest, and Suicide

rc_1991_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.5

Very emotional read about female solidarity, misogyny and the search for redemption and life's meaning. Found the two female protagonist perspectives to be highly convincing and engaging and shed many tears towards the end! A challenging read which is made all the more emotionally harrowing given Kabul's current conflicts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Child death and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Infidelity, Blood, and Abortion

eunoia11's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Confinement and Miscarriage

Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, and Abortion