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The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

Start date: July 1, 2021

Finish date: July 30, 2021

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Why we're reading this: Catch-up Group Read - July 2021
Modern Classic and/or Popular Book - 2016

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May 09, 2022 Ellen Librarian rated it it was amazing

What a beautiful story, even though it was hard to read at times.

It was also beautifully written. This was as close to a perfect book as I have read, maybe ever. Having been in a writing workshop for 10+ years, I am very, very picky about writing. But other than the fact that I wish the wife had been a little more fully drawn (view spoiler), it was flawless. ...more

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Jan 11, 2011 Trisha rated it really liked it

Shelves: drama, around-the-world

What a fantastic - yet depressing - novel. It was so moving and gritty as it showed life in Afghanistan. Watching the main character, Amir, grow up and struggle through his own issues, and then to witness a terrible crime and hold on to that guilt for years was very sad. The reader is taken along as he and his father flee from Afghanistan and then, when he returns to Afghanistan years later, the reader is shown the aftermath of what was once his home as he tries to follow through with a promise ...more

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