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cw: child rape
The narrator and main character of this book, Amir, witnesses a rape when he's a child and, honestly, the whole thing upset me so much that I had to put the book aside and then I did something I never do and read spoilers to see if anything else like it would happen again.
So, anyway, I finished the book. And it does have a hopeful ending, so.
This book is well-written and compelling, but it is definitely written for a White/western audience. I don't necessarily mind foreign words b ...more
The narrator and main character of this book, Amir, witnesses a rape when he's a child and, honestly, the whole thing upset me so much that I had to put the book aside and then I did something I never do and read spoilers to see if anything else like it would happen again.
So, anyway, I finished the book. And it does have a hopeful ending, so.
This book is well-written and compelling, but it is definitely written for a White/western audience. I don't necessarily mind foreign words b ...more
Thoroughly enjoyed this book after the first two chapters. I didn't want to put it down! Found him frustrating as a child but certainly more compelling as an adult.
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Apr 04, 2008
Jaime
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really liked it
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read-2006,
general-fiction
This was an interesting book. It gave some history of Afghanistan that I wasn’t really aware of, and a good perspective that fits in with our current times.
This would've been a five star book, but I did find it a little slow in the beginning. Quite a dark, depressing read, but absorbing and interesting.
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Feb 25, 2008
Allison Jones
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really liked it
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literary-fiction
Mar 18, 2009
Jody Rowan
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really liked it
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immigrant-experience
