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After 20 years, I reread this book for some reading challenge - and it is still very good! Moving, unbelievably heartbreaking, especially that I know more about Afghanistan situation nowadays.. So sad that this book can still be relevant after 20 years.. but also amazing how the writing feels so timeless. I just hope Hosseini will write something new soon...
After 20 years, I reread this book for some reading challenge - and it is still very good! Moving, unbelievably heartbreaking, especially that I know more about Afghanistan situation nowadays.. So sad that this book can still be relevant after 20 years.. but also amazing how the writing feels so timeless. I just hope Hosseini will write something new soon...
A touching tale of two boys in Afghanistan. What I took away from this book is a lesson about race, class, and humanity. I fought to get this book on the school approved list and now it's a book most students will read. Hosseini's style is easy to follow, and flows well, but I praise him most for his heartfelt description and the beauty of symbol that he weaves throughout the book. At the time I read this I had an exchange student from Afghanistan in my 10th grade World Lit. class. She told me t
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I picked up the Kite Runner because it was so widely acclaimed, but I can't say I really knew what I was getting into. Hosseini is extermely talented as a writer as you do connect with the characters, and feel everything - so much so that I couldn't go on. When discussing with people the point I stopped reading, I was later told that was "the easy part". People have said the end is worth is, but I couldn't bring myself to get there.
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I CRIED AND CRIED. oh, this book was great.
Even though much of the story involved a series of highly unlikely events, I found it to be a little bit too predictable. For me, I guess the lovely descriptions of the culture and the dearness of Hassan made it enjoyable.
Oct 11, 2007
Katy
marked it as to-read
Aug 01, 2008
Abby Mannelin
marked it as to-read
Aug 22, 2008
Carlie Van Amerongen
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