A Thousand Splendid Suns
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Randomshit
Yes, there is a scene where Laila (who is a minor at this time) is already pregnant, and Rasheed proceeds to sexualize her pregnant body (breasts specifically) as he sexually assaults her.
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Is there excessive gore?
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devu
not exactly, but the book has wars and people die in gruesome ways - sometimes described in detail.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Ksureme
Miriam’s mother manipulated her with gaslighting frequently.
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Ksureme
There’s a graphic scene detailing how the father locks a toddler in a room for days in the heat.
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Addiction
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Both Miriam and Laila were young and forced to marry an older man- scenes of sexual “intimacy” are somewhat brief, but due to the girls ages, I found it to be assault.
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Bodily Harm
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Laila is strangled.
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Is someone buried alive?
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No, but there is a brief mention of it during one of Lalia's dreams
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Is there amputation?
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Romana
There is one character, Tariq, who has a prosthetic leg because his leg was lost from a land mine. It is also later mentioned that he loses another. There are also mentions of limbs being cut off as punishments.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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There is a graphic scene where a character is being punished for cooking a meal in a wrong way and the abuser shoves rocks in this person's mouth, proceeding to force them to chew the rocks until their molars break.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Ksureme
Miriam’s mother experiences seizures; but calls them by another name.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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The book goes over the taliban and wars.
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Is someone tortured?
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Miriam and Laila are domestically abused
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Mariam and Laila are, however, imprisoned in their home at one point.
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Does someone cheat?
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Romana
Mariam's father cheats on his wives - this is how Mariam's mother gets pregnant.
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Fear
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Is someone possessed?
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Romana
Mariam's mother has seizures which are thought to be a result of jinns entering her body (it is implied that this is untrue, though)
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Mariam's mother hangs herself early in the book.
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Pregnancy
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Are there abortions?
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An abortion is seriously considered by Laila, but she doesn't follow through with it
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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devu
the characters get pregnant and have children of their own too. there are scenes describing their infancy as well
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Does someone miscarry?
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It’s semi-detailed the first time it happens, then is vaguely mentioned that it was a reoccurring issue.
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Tariq mentions facing some discrimination because of his prosthetic leg.
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Sex
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devu
it is mentioned that two married characters in the book are first cousins.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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devu
there is a lot of tragedy and sadness in the story, but the ending was quite warm with the characters finding some peace.
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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Romana
Some of Mariam and Laila's abuse results in bloody injuries that are briefly described.
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Does someone drown?
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Romana
Rasheed's son drowned - this is mentioned a couple of times, briefly.
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