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Dec 21, 2011
Lacey Louwagie
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Like Persepolis, this book brings the reality of living within a terrorist regime down to the personal level, making ideas that feel vague and overwhelming in the news digestible. Despite everything we've heard about the Taliban, we have very little insight into the real effect they've had on Afghanistan. This book, by following the lives of two boys -- one who escaped Afghanistan, and one who didn't -- brings reality to something that, until now, has felt mainly conceptual.
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I was born the same year as the protagonist, Amir. As I read the story I couldn't help but think...where was I at this time, what I was I doing? I certainly wasn't hiding in an empty fuel truck or nursing a parent with cancer. My life has been so easy by comparison. I did once, in high school, have an encounter with Afghanistan. My junior year I was in a program where I would go to a nearby elementary school and work as an aide in the kidergarten class. One day a new child was enrolled in our cl
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Since Goodreads is giving me problems right now, I"m not going to bother with much of a review that I will lose. So I'll just say that is is one of the more depressing books I've ever read and this was not a good time for me to read it.
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There are scenes from this book that still haunt me. It has the makings of an epic, beautiful story. It's too bad the plot becomes too convenient and cute and the ending is so unsatisfying.
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Mar 06, 2011
Mandy
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it was amazing
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