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The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

Start date: August 1, 2011

Finish date: August 31, 2011

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Oct 08, 2010 Somdutta rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This is a poignant tale of Afghanistan and it's people, especially Amir, his baba, Rahim Khan, Ali Hassan and Sohrab and other characters. It starts with the heyday of Afghanistan and it's ruin as it eventually falls into the hands of the Taliban. This is one of my favourite books which has kept me riveted to the end, to know whether Sohrab finally could go to America after he cuts himself and is almost killed. Even after Sohrab is saved, it's heart-breaking to see Sohrab's mental state. Sohrab ...more

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Aug 12, 2010 Lisa (Harmonybites) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, literary-fiction, novels, contemporary, ultimate-reading-list, popular-fiction

This story is told by Amir, who at the start is a young boy coming of age in an Afghanistan falling apart, and primarily dealing with his friendship with Hassan, the "kite runner" of the title. Taking us from the 1970s to March of 2002, this riveted me from the first page. The style is elegant and clean, with an eye and ear for the details to bring an unfamiliar culture to life.

Be warned. There are some very raw scenes in this book. The portrait of the Taliban is harrowing. One scene shows a Sh ...more

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Feb 19, 2010 Joel Judge rated it it was ok

This book got a lot more credit than it was due. Yes the story may have been heart wrenching but the biggest problem I had with it was how contrived and unbelievable the storyline was. The book was far too formulaic,depressingly simplistic and one dimensional.

The premise of this book can simply be summarized as follows:

Boy in youth displays great weakness and does someone a great wrong, later in life the boy who is now a man is given the opportunity to right this wrong. Through this process of r ...more

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