Reviews

The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad

rosariasantana's review against another edition

informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

paulina04's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

sage1994's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

lottie1803's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

stinekristin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Death, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, and War

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Infertility, and Violence

Minor: Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Classism, Addiction, and Homophobia

sabrinaliterary's review

3.0

Interesting and well-written, albeit a little judgy-wudgy. As a woman journalist living in Afghanistan, though, I'd say that's par for the course. To her credit, Ms. Seierstad is very honest in her introduction.

laurawil's review against another edition

informative sad slow-paced

3.5

simon_lathron_7_8's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

envy4's review

3.0

It taught me a lot about the middle east!

reading_rahima's review

informative reflective medium-paced

3.5