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For me, what stood out about this book was not so much the plot or characters, but the setting. When one sees Afghanistan on the news, it looks completely bleak, desolate, and monochromatic. The Afghanistan in The Kite Runner is far more beautiful than that and described with the love that comes from loss. I also loved the parts about the kite-fighting. The plot and characters were occasionally somewhat implausible but I overlooked that for the other things I liked about the book.
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I was prejudiced against this book, that's why I picked it up much later. I couldn't ignore how the book was timed very well, turning it into a bestseller. It justified the war in Afghanistan for many readers; I personally think that's not what literature is here to do.
I read it hoping to be pleasantly surprised (and to be proved wrong), but I wasn't. What did the book do for me? Nothing, only reminded me of a typical Bollywood movie! It had all the twists and turns and drama of one.
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I read it hoping to be pleasantly surprised (and to be proved wrong), but I wasn't. What did the book do for me? Nothing, only reminded me of a typical Bollywood movie! It had all the twists and turns and drama of one.
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I enjoyed it. It's about the relationship between 2 boys growing up in Afghanistan and f'd up parenting. While I was reading it, my mom was reading it in spanish and she really enjoyed it also. We both read it in a week because we couldn't put it down, easy to read.
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Feb 06, 2009
Casey
marked it as to-read
Jul 29, 2010
Michelle Myhill
marked it as to-read
