From the Bookshelf of Fallen Into Tijan Books…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No topics in
Book of the Month (BotM)
yet.
Start one now »
What Members Thought
Check out more of my reviews at www.bookaddicthaven.com
'The Kite Runner' had been sitting on my TBR list for years. I kept putting it off because while I was sure that it would be a fantastic book, it isn't the type of smutty romance that I usually read. I knew that I'd have to be in the right kind of mood to read it. Finally, I found myself wanting to read something a little different to break me out of a reading rut and I downloaded the Audible version of 'The Kite Runner' and started listenin ...more
'The Kite Runner' had been sitting on my TBR list for years. I kept putting it off because while I was sure that it would be a fantastic book, it isn't the type of smutty romance that I usually read. I knew that I'd have to be in the right kind of mood to read it. Finally, I found myself wanting to read something a little different to break me out of a reading rut and I downloaded the Audible version of 'The Kite Runner' and started listenin ...more
Exceptional and terrible.
Caution spoilers:
Loved it. Totally unexpected, and definitely glad college made me read this thing! I looked at it, thought NO WAY! It looks rubbish, totally not my kind of book, would NEVER have considered reading it before college, but I am so glad I did. I learnt so much about Afghanistan I never knew before, I knew there was a war, but it was interesting to find out about the history etc and OMG when Amir betrayed Hassan, Aww a little part of me died with sadness. Hassan was the lovliest cha ...more
Loved it. Totally unexpected, and definitely glad college made me read this thing! I looked at it, thought NO WAY! It looks rubbish, totally not my kind of book, would NEVER have considered reading it before college, but I am so glad I did. I learnt so much about Afghanistan I never knew before, I knew there was a war, but it was interesting to find out about the history etc and OMG when Amir betrayed Hassan, Aww a little part of me died with sadness. Hassan was the lovliest cha ...more
I possibly cannot write review great enough to justify how truly outstanding this novel is. Such tragically compelling story which deals with love, regret and hope for redemption. What makes this book so special is like the author said it’s not about happy ending, life is not a movie it’s about hope, a tiny miracle.
Read as a school assignment but I ended up flying through the book, then going on to read another book by this author which i also found really interesting. Hosseini gives north americans a different perspective of the middle eastern life and what it's culture is like, i found it very informative
...more
Aug 28, 2012
Vruti
marked it as to-read
Oct 30, 2012
Alyson
marked it as to-read
Dec 12, 2012
Priscila
marked it as to-read
Jan 08, 2013
D.N.
marked it as to-read
Jan 18, 2013
Mistress
marked it as to-read
Apr 16, 2014
Mary
rated it
it was amazing
Shelves:
book-club,
stand-alones,
drama,
faves,
culture,
couldnt-put-down,
jealousy,
abuse-rape,
oh-the-feels,
novels-fiction
May 08, 2014
♡ Jeri's Book Attic ♡ Jeri the Romance Bibiliophile ♡
marked it as 01-books
Jun 30, 2014
Courtney
marked it as to-read
Nov 18, 2014
Teresa
marked it as to-read
Feb 16, 2016
Maria
marked it as to-read
Mar 19, 2017
Laura
added it
