Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

13 reviews

sadiaa's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, War, Grief, Xenophobia, Cancer, Genocide, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Murder, Alcohol, Deportation, Rape, Body shaming, Classism, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical content, Blood, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Suicide attempt

cblissss's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Bullying, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

rileysandifer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Homophobia

_kashvi_'s review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad 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

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape

nannahnannah's review against another edition

2.0

I'm not even quite sure how to rate this one, so reviewing it is even harder.

But I can say with certainty that I would've enjoyed it much more if the author would have just left out the homophobia altogether. The only time same-sex anything was ever mentioned or anything was when the only character who could be considered the villain raped boys. 

Maybe people who aren't in the LGBT community won't think anything of it, but for me and others who are? Wow. It's beyond awful to read something like this where we are directly connected to rape and pedophilia. Where our only """representation""" (badly-used term in this book, to be honest) in this book is the villain who is labeled a "sociopath", is part of the Taliban, and who does these shitty crimes.

So I can't really look beyond this, sorry.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Homophobia, and Pedophilia

space_bandit's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Terminal illness, War, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Racial slurs

Minor: Homophobia and Infidelity

abysalsnug's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Homophobia

coyeyes's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

The emotional journey this novel walked me through was (and still is) second to none. Probably the richest reading experience I've ever had. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Rape, Grief, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Homophobia and Classism

Minor: Death

reducedsodium's review against another edition

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

5.0

One of my favorite books when I was in high school. I read it multiple times and will read it again to wrote a better review. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Homophobia

himangi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Violence, and War

Minor: Vomit